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THE SENATE 997 <br /> THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2021 S . B . ® S.D. I <br /> STATE OF HAWAII <br /> A BILL FOR AN ACT <br /> RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT. <br /> BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII: <br /> I SECTION 1. The legislature finds that the people of the <br /> 2 State are entitled to have access to wastewater treatment system <br /> 3 facilities that provide affordable, reliable, and sustainable <br /> 4 services in their communities. With wastewater being <br /> 5 increasingly recognized as a valued source of renewable <br /> 6 resources, regulatory agencies are urging wastewater treatment <br /> 7 facilities that treat human and animal waste to be viewed as <br /> 8 resource recovery facilities that produce water, energy, and <br /> 9 nutrients . The Water Environment Federation believes that <br /> 10 wastewater treatment plants are not waste disposal facilities, <br /> 11 but rather water resource recovery facilities that produce <br /> 12 water, energy, and recover nutrients. These facilities have the <br /> 13 potential to reduce the nation' s dependence on fossil fuels <br /> 14 through the production and use of renewable energy. These <br /> 15 facilities have the possibility of generating gas that can <br /> 16 service communities, biosolids that can be turned into <br /> 2021-1502 SB997 SD1 SMA.doc <br />