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THESENATE
THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2023 S _ C I R _ N O _ (4‘ STATE 0F HAWAII
MAR 1 U, 2023
SENATE CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION
REQUESTING EACH COUNTY TO DEVELOP A COMPREHENSIVE INTEGRATED
WASTEWATER MANAGEMENT PLAN AND FINANCIAL STRATEGY TO
UPGRADE OR CONVERT CESSPOOLS LOCATED WITHIN ITS RESPECTIVE
JURISDICTION BY 2050.
WHEREAS, there are approximately eighty-three thousand
cesspools across the State, with 48,596 on the island of Hawaii;
14,300 on Kauai; 11,038 on Maui; 7,491 on Oahu; and 1,400 on
Molokai; and
WHEREAS, Act 125, Session Laws of Hawaii 2017, requires
every cesspool in the State, excluding cesspools granted
exemptions by the Director of Health, to be upgraded or
converted to a Director—approved wastewater system or connected
to a sewerage system by January l, 2050; and
WHEREAS, according to the Cesspool Conversion Working Group
Final Report to the 2023 Regular Session Legislature, the cost
of conversions to most private and residential property owners
is significant, ranging from an estimated collective total of
$880,000,000 to more than $5,300,000,000, with only three
percent of all residents unburdened by the cost to convert; and
WHEREAS, many properties in rural areas, especially on the
neighbor islands, may not be‘in areas where existing county
infrastructure allows for easy conversion and connection to
sewer systems; and
WHEREAS, undertaking a massive infrastructure project, such
as converting eighty—three thousand cesspools by 2050, requires
proper planning and administration across various stakeholders
and governmental institutions, including those of the counties;
now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the Thirty-second
Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2023, the
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House of Representatives concurring, that each county is
requested to develop a comprehensive integrated wastewater
management plan and financial strategy to upgrade or convert
cesspools located within its respective jurisdiction by 2050;
and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that each county is requested to
include the following information in its comprehensive
integrated wastewater management plan and financial strategy:
(1) Planned connections to both centralized public and
private treatment systems;
(2) Locations where individualized treatment systems will
be needed;
(3) Locations where smaller—scale cluster treatment
systems may be utilized;
(4) Individual treatment system needs for homes having
cesspools, including whether there is appropriate
existing infrastructure capacity to handle the
conversion of cesspools by 2050; and
(5) Financial needs, funding mechanisms, and financing
strategies to assist with cesspool conversions; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that each county is requested to
submit its respective comprehensive integrated wastewater
management plan and financial strategy, including any proposed
legislation, to the Legislature no later than twenty days prior
to the convening of the regular session of 2024; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this
Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the Director of Health,
Mayor of the City and County of Honolulu, Mayor of the County of
Hawaii, Mayor of the County of Maui, and Mayor of the County of
Kauai.
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