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Fresh Water Initiative Recent scientific findings documenting reduced rainfall, higher evaporation rates, and declining stream flows — not to mention California’s dire situation— have raised concern about longterm fresh water security for our islands. Couple these with climate change uncertainties and an ever-increasing population, and the result is a potential fresh water crisis of our own. The Hawai‘i Fresh Water Initiative was launched by the Hawai‘i Community Foundation to bring together stakeholders from all sides of the issue — farmers, scientists, landowners, conservationists, and government officials — to convene as a blue ribbon Fresh Water Council. The result? A Blueprint for Action with a goal of providing 100 million gallons a day of additional reliable fresh water supply by 2030 … and a commitment from members of the Council to continue working together to help innovate in the field and implement policy recommendations. The team approach is already paying off. Before the ink was dry on the Blueprint, the Council helped support and pass three key state laws during the 2015 legislative session that will improve Hawai‘i’s ability to capture, reuse and store fresh water— making us all a little more secure. You can read the full version of the Blueprint online at HawaiiCommunityFoundation.org/FreshWater
The three main tenets of the Blueprint are Conservation, Recharge and Reuse