HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
H.B. NO.
1495
THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2025
STATE OF HAWAII
A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to the KEAUHOU aquifer system.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. (a) There is established a -year Keauhou aquifer system monitoring pilot program within the department of land and natural resources.
(b) The commission on water resource management shall:
(1) Manage the monitoring wells installed in the Keauhou aquifer system;
(2) Monitor groundwater levels in the Keauhou aquifer system; and
(3) Conduct water quality tests in the Keauhou aquifer system.
(c) The department of land and natural resources shall submit an interim report to the legislature every six months, detailing groundwater levels and water quality analysis in the Keauhou aquifer system.
SECTION 2. There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $163,000 or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2025-2026 and the same sum or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2026-2027 for the installation of two monitoring wells in the Keauhou aquifer.
The sums appropriated shall be expended by the department of land and natural resources for the purposes of this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2025.
INTRODUCED BY:
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Report Title:
DLNR; Commission on Water Resource Management; Keauhou Aquifer System Monitoring Program; Keauhou Aquifer System; Reports; Appropriations
Description:
Appropriates funds to the Department of Land and Natural Resources to install two monitoring wells in the Keauhou Aquifer System. Establishes the Keauhou Aquifer System Monitoring Program. Requires reports to the Legislature.
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