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The Honolulu Board of Water Supply has adopted a more than 50 % water rate hike for a majority of its Oahu customers. The agency's board of directors Monday voted 5-1, with board member Gene ...
The Red Hill water crisis is a public health crisis and environmental disaster caused by fuel leaking from the Red Hill Underground Fuel Storage Facility into the freshwater aquifer underneath the island of Oʻahu. [ 1 ] Residents in military housing in and around Joint Base Pearl Harbor–Hickam began reporting chemical contamination in their ...
Hawaii has committed to developing renewable energy to supply 70 percent or more of Hawaii's energy needs by 2030. [4] [5] [6] Hawaii requires solar water heaters for new homes, except for those in areas with poor solar energy resources, homes using other renewable energy sources, and homes employing on-demand gas-fired water heaters. [7]
Hawaii County, Hawaii. Hawaii County (Hawaiian: Kalana o Hawaiʻi; officially known as the County of Hawaiʻi) is a county in the U.S. state of Hawaii in the Hawaiian Islands. It is coextensive with the Island of Hawaii, often called the "Big Island" to distinguish it from the state as a whole. The 2020 Census population was 200,629. [1]
At its June 28 meeting, the island’s Public Service District No. 1 — which services the island’s north end — approved a rate increase for fiscal year 2024. Residents will now be charged $1 ...
The Hawaii attorney general's office must pay attorney fees for using last year's Maui wildfire tragedy to file a petition in “bad faith” that blamed a state court judge for a lack of water ...
4,028 sq mi. (10,432 km 2) Honolulu County. 003. Honolulu. 1905. "Sheltered bay" or "place of shelter" in the Hawaiian language, [9] Named after Honolulu, the capital and largest city of the state. Oʻahu and the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (except Midway Atoll) 989,408.
The average household size was 2.95 and the average family size was 3.46. In the county, the population was spread out, with 23.80% under the age of 18, 10.1% from 18 to 24, 30.6% from 25 to 44, 22.0% from 45 to 64, and 13.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years.