WE NOT WASTE WATER, AND INSTEAD
CONSERVE WATER.
IN FACT, IF WE SAVE ENOUGH WATER
YEARS TO COME.
WE'RE LEARNING MORE ABOUT THAT
TODAY.
WE'RE HERE IN BEAUTIFUL NUUANU.
BARRY, WE'RE HERE TO TALK ABOUT
WATER CONSERVATION.
BEFORE WE DO THAT, CAN YOU TELL
US ABOUT THIS PLACE?
WE'RE AT RESERVOIR FOUR.
RIGHT.
IN THE BACK OF NUUANU VALLEY.
IT'S THE LARGEST OF FOUR
RESERVOIRS.
THIS IS PRIMARILY A FLOOD
CONTROL DAM.
IT'S UNDER MANAGEMENT OF THE
BOARD OF WATER SUPPLY.
IT'S CAPTURING STORM WATER.
TRINI: LET'S TALK ABOUT WATER
CONSERVATION.
WHY IS THAT SO IMPORTANT?
WATER CONSERVATION, THE GOAL
IS TO REDUCE POTABLE WATER
DEMAND.
AND POTABLE IS DRINKING WATER
QUALITY WATER.
THERE'S THREE BENEFITS.
ONE IS TO THE RESORES.
IF YOU CONSERVE WATER, WE
PRESERVE THE RESOURCE.
IT'S -- ITS SUSTAINABILITY FOR
THE FUTURE, AND IT ALLOWS US TO
HAVE WATER FOR GENERATIONS TO
COME.
THE SECOND BENEFIT IS TO OUR
CUSTOMERS BECAUSE IF YOU
CONSERVE WATER, YOU PAY A LOWER
WATER BILL.
RATES ARE TIED TO HOW MUCH WATER
YOU USE.
YOU USE LESS, YOU PAY LESS.
THE THIRD BENEFIT IS TO THE
BOARD OF WATER SUPPLY.
FOR OUR SYSTEM CAPACITIES, IT
COULD DEFER THE NEXT SOURCE TO
THE FUTURE.
TRINI: WHAT ARE THE BOARD OF
CONSERVATION PROGRAMS?
WE HAVE FIVE FASHION FACETS TO THE
PROGRAM.
ONE IS THE EDUCATION, WHICH IS
OUR CUSTOMER EDUCATION, WHICH IS
THE MOST POPULAR AND THE MOST
INFORMATIVE.
LEAK DETECTION, AS WELL AS GUESS --
DIVERSIFYING OUR WATER SUPPLIES.
TRINI: WE'RE FOCUSING ON THE
RAIN BARREL CATCHMENT PROGRAM.
TEM US ABOUT THIS.
THIS IS A 55-GALLON WATER
CATCHMENT BARREL.
WE GET THESE BARRELS FROM
COCA-COLA.
YOU CAN CONNECT THIS TO YOUR
ROOFTOP GUTTER, AND EVERY TIME
IT RAINS, IT FILLS UP.
YOU CAN IRRIGATE YOUR POTTED
PLANTS FROM IT.
TRINI: THE BENEFITS SEEM
OBVIOUSLY.
YOU'RE NOT USING AS MUCH WATER
IF YOU CAN GET IT NATURALLY.
IF YOU USE THIS, YOU PAY
LESS.
TRINI: HOW CAN PEOPLE LEARN
MORE ABOUT RAIN BARRELS?
WE HAVE A WEBSITE AT BOARD OF
WATER SUPPLY.COM.
WE HAVE A QUARTERLY WORKSHOP
WHERE FOLKS THAT SIGN IN PAY A
FEE OF $35, CAN COME TO OUR
WORKSHOP AT HA HALAWA AND MAKE ONE
OF THESE BARRELS AND TAKE ONE OF
THESE HOME.
TRINI: I'VE SEEN A LOT OF
PEOPLE USE DECORATIVE BARRELS
AND IT'S PART OF YOUR LANDSCAPE.
YEAH, IT'S VERY FUNCTIONAL.
PEOPLE PAINT THESE TO MATCH, BUT
THERE ARE BARRELS THAT YOU GET
ON THE INTERNET THAT ARE MORE
DECORATIVE.
THEY'RE NOT AVAILABLE LOCALLY,
AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN EXPAND OUR
CONSERVATION PROGRAM SO THE
STORES HERE WILL CARRY IT.
TRINI: THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
ALL OF WHAT YOU DO WITH THE
BOARD OF WATER SUPPLY.
I KNOW OFF CAMERA WE WERE
TALKING ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE AND
THE LOST LASTING IMPACTS.
CAN YOU TUL ME -- TELL ME ABOUT
THANK YOU FOR ASKING.
A LARGE PART OF CLIMATE CHANGE
IS MORE DROUGHT AND MORE FLOODS
IN THE FUTURE.
SO STORING WATER HERE IN THE
DAL -- DAM, AS WELL AS THESE
BARRELS CAN STORE STORM WATER
AND USE IT BENEFICIALLY.
IN A BARREL, YOU CAN USE IT TO
IRRIGATE YOUR POTTED PLANTS IN
YOUR YARD.
IN A DAM LIKE THIS, WE CAN
RECHARGE THE AQUIFER.
WEWE CAN INJECT IT INTO THE
GROUND.
WE CHARGE SOME OF OUR LARGE
STATIONS THAT ARE DOWNGRADING.
IT'S ALL ABOUT REUSING STORM
WATER, CONSERVING IT AND
ADAPTING TO CLIMATE CHANGE.
TRINI: THIS IS SUCH AN
IMPORTANT TOPIC SO WE APPRECIATE
EVERYTHING THE BOARD OF WATER
SUPPLY IS DOING.
TAIZO: SERIOUSLY, I'M HEADING
TO THAT WORKSHOP.
FOR JUST $35, THEY SAID, TO BE
ABLE TO PUT ONE OF THOSE THINGS
TOGETHER, THAT'S A GREAT DEAL.
MY GOSH.
TRINI: I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE
THAT GET THOSE DECORATIVE POTS.
THEY HAVE IS THE RAIN CHAINING
AND