Editorial: Don’t juggle taxes to defray sewer fee hike

Honolulu has been releasing contaminated wastewater into the ocean for decades, in violation of federal law, and by court-supervised consent decree, the city must give its sewage treatment plant a $2.5 billion upgrade to meet U.S. clean water requirements. There is no room for delay in addressing this responsibility: It’s been over 14 years since the consent decree took effect on Dec. 17, 2010, and Honolulu’s wastewater system users now bear the increased costs added by inflation and inaction.

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