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• the very near future. <br />RAY: In terms of any additional Commission responsibilities, did you <br />folks discuss that? <br />SOUZA: Additional responsibilities? <br />RAY: In regard to if you were to look at Wastewater or, I just wondered if <br />you discussed that dynamic. I mean, obviously, the rate structure is the major issue <br />here. <br />SOUZA: I believe there would still be more to discuss should that take <br />place. There are many things, yes, that we are not familiar with as far as the sewers <br />go. <br />RAY: I'd like to open this up for discussion, so Milton, if you could come <br />back up to the table. <br />PAVAO: Can I make a few comments? <br />RAY: <br />want to say. <br />Oh, sure, yes. And then also, Peter, if you've got anything you <br />BOUCHER: I've got a summary of some pros and cons. Maybe I should put <br />them out on the table too. <br />PAVAO: I'd like to just make a few comments. What Mr. Sumada listed as <br />pros, if you look on my pros and cons, it's also listed as pros. I recognize those facts <br />that Mr. Sumada well explained, and they are pros condition, very good for everybody. <br />However, our feeling is that the cons greatly outweighs the pros. As far as the billing, <br />and Mr. Sumada will believe it when he sees it, and I hope you get to see it soon. But, <br />Honolulu does the same thing. Honolulu Board of Water Supply does the billing for the <br />Sewer Department, and I've checked with people in the actual billing section on Oahu, <br />and they said it seems to be working great whereby they bill for the Sewer Department, <br />and they use their leverage of water shut off as an incentive, and it is working great, <br />and they have no problems with it. I think they have some sort of arrangement where <br />the Sewer Department pays the Board of Water Supply to do that function for them. <br />Mr. Sumada mentioned total resources, the whole gamut of the water industry. The <br />thing that needs to be realized, and looked at, is the department is in a business of <br />providing domestic water. Our function is domestic water. We do provide irrigation <br />water where we have water available, and we do that at the risk of domestic users, <br />especially during droughts. You know we have a hard time during droughts. So, <br />whether or not it's better to have one entity take the whole gamut, or to have people <br />11 <br />