Bill Text: HI SB329 | 2025 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating To Water Pollution.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-0)
Status: (Engrossed) 2025-02-28 - Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 39). [SB329 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2025-SB329-Introduced.html
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THE SENATE |
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THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2025 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to water pollution.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
"§342D- Recycled
water; requirement. By January 1, 2045, no less than fifty per
cent of treatment works effluent shall be recycled water classified as R-1 and
that is suitable for use in recycled water systems."
SECTION 2. Section 342D-50.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
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Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, no person, including any
public body, shall discharge any treated or raw sewage into state waters after
December 31, [2026;] 2030; provided that this section shall not
apply to a sewage treatment plant that:
(1) Utilizes
sewage to produce clean energy pursuant to section 196-10.5[;] and
has primary and secondary outfalls; provided that the primary outfall shall not
be located in state waters; and
(2) Is in compliance with this chapter, rules adopted pursuant to this chapter, or a permit or variance issued by the director."
SECTION 3. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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Report Title:
Water Pollution; Wastewater; Sewage; Recycled Water; Treatment
Description:
Requires at least fifty per cent of treatment works effluent to be R-1 recycled water by January 1, 2045. Amends the year by which no treated or raw sewage shall be discharged into state waters.
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