The site—west of Kame ­ha ­­meha Highway and north of Paalaa Uka Pupukea Road—is also about 800 feet above Central Oahu’s freshwater aquifer. City officials say they hope to negotiate a ...
Get Hawaii’s latest morning news delivered to your inbox, sign up for News 2 You Legislation prohibiting the placement of a landfill above aquifers comes after controversy over the city’s ...
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - State and city lawmakers and community leaders are backing legislation that would prohibit landfills from being built over aquifers. Lawmakers said they introduced bills ...
University researchers are using a florescent dye in the aquifer near Pearl Harbor to better understand the flow of water beneath the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility, as they continue to monitor ...
Some lawmakers doubt Honolulu Mayor Rick Blangiardi was serious when he proposed pineapple land above Wahiawa for a new landfill, because it was over an underground water aquifer and near ...
Another topic that the mayor has encountered out in public is the proposed landfill in central Oahu that has become controversial due to its proximity to the island’s aquifer. “I feel very ...