{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.schatz.senate.gov/news/press-releases/schatz-hawaii-county-to-receive-more-than-13-million-to-help-strengthen-water-infrastructure-keep-wastewater-treatment-plants-running-during-natural-disasters", "Schatz: Hawai\u2018i County To Receive More Than $1.3 Million To Help Strengthen Water Infrastructure, Keep Wastewater Treatment Plants Running During Natural Disasters", "2021-08-27", "2021", "2021-08", "Democrat", "Senate", "HI", "Brian Schatz", "S001194", "www.schatz.senate.gov", "schatz", "https://www.schatz.senate.gov/news/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 Today, U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai\u2018i) announced that the County of Hawai\u2018i will receive $1,376,067 in federal funding from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security\u2019s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to support wastewater treatment. This funding covers eight new emergency power generators, helping to ensure wastewater treatment plants and sewer pump stations remain functional during a natural hazard or severe weather event.\n\n\u201cThe Big Island faces many unique environmental threats, and a failure to treat wastewater due to a power outage would be catastrophic,\u201d said Senator Schatz, a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee. \u201cThis funding mitigates that risk by allowing for safe and effective treatment when power is lost, in turn keeping our streets accessible, our oceans and coasts clean, and our families healthy.\u201d\n\nThe eight generators, four stationary and four trailer mounted, will be installed at:\n\nHilo Wastewater Treatment Plant\n\nKolea Sewer Pump Station\n\nKulaimanu Wastewater Treatment Plant\n\nOnekahakaha Sewer Pump Station\n\nPapaikou Wastewater Treatment Plant\n\nPauka\u2018a Sewer Pump Station\n\nWailua Sewer Pump Station\n\nWailuku Sewer Pump Station\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:11:17Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.schatz.senate.gov/news/press-releases/schatz-hawaii-county-to-receive-more-than-13-million-to-help-strengthen-water-infrastructure-keep-wastewater-treatment-plants-running-during-natural-disasters"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.5394198708236217, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}