Lately, the Honolulu Board of Water Supply has vigorously pushed the need to conserve water. At a recent informational seminar at Windward Mall, a representative from BWS stated that our rainfall this past year was 20% less than of our yearly average. Now, BWS is requesting a 10-20% voluntary water use reduction. But my question to the powers that be: Where are the tourists in this?

How much water does the average visitor use? I bet a great more than you think. When we have a population of approximately 1.4 million and our visitor count is 700,000 a month, something is wrong. Hotels are adding rooms — that’s more water.

We need to assess how the tourism industry impacts our natural resources. Stop building hotels and stop the massive number of tourists, some of whom have no regard for ou

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