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Harry Kim <br />Mayor <br />Wil Okabe <br />Managing Director <br />Barbara J. Kossow <br />Deputy Managing Director <br />(9annt of (rtfuzlvl <br />Offire off4r Apgar <br />25 Aupum Street, Suite 2603 • Hilo, Hawaii 96720 • (808) 961-8211 . Fax (808) 961-6553 <br />KONA. 74-5044 Ane Keohokalole Hwy., Bldg C . Kmlua-Kona, Hawaii 96740 <br />(808)323-4444 . Fax (808) 3234440 <br />March 14, 2017 <br />Senator Karl Rhoads, Chair <br />Committee on Water and Land <br />Hawai'i State Capitol <br />Honolulu, HI 96813 <br />Senator Clarence K. Nishihara, Chari <br />Committee on Public Safety, Intergovernmental, <br />and Military Affairs <br />Hawai'i State Capitol <br />Honolulu, HI 96813 <br />Dear Chairs Rhoads, Nishihara, and Members, <br />RE: HB 636 HD 1 <br />Relating to Water Conservation <br />As the purpose clause of HB 636, HD1, makes clear, Hawaii needs to become as <br />efficient as possible in its uses of limited fresh water supplies. A water conservation <br />program that provides financial assistance to county -owned public water systems and <br />their customers to help implement water conservation would, almost certainly, be a <br />valuable tool. <br />Whether the Legislature can find money for such a program is obviously a <br />dilemma that only you can solve, but if funding can be provided, we hope that HB 636 <br />will become law. <br />R specttully submitted, <br />Harry Kim <br />Mayor <br />County of Hawait is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer. <br />