Expect your sewer fee to increase by as much as two- to three-times because in 2010, the city signed a consent decree with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to construct and operate a multibillion-dollar, secondary treatment facility at the Sand Island Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) by 2035.
An aging system at an Oahu military base, with deteriorating facilities and equipment. An operation with spills that are fouling Hawaii’s environment. And military resistance to regulatory oversight that’s clouding needed transparency.
State and military officials say they are working together to make repairs and improvements to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam’s leaky wastewater treatment plant.
State and military officials say they are working together to make repairs and improvements to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam’s leaky wastewater treatment plant.
A restoration project at a popular Hawai‘i beach has garnered national accolades.The Waikīkī Beach Maintenance Project won an award for best restored beach from the American Shore and Beach Preservation Association. The project was one of four beach restoration projects recently honored by the association. Projects were judged on their economic and ecological benefits, short- and long-term success and the challenges a community overcame during the project.