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The National Rural Water Association was founded in 1976 in response to the Safe Drinking Water Act, passed in 1974.The SDWA authorized the United States Environmental Protection Agency to set national health-based standards for drinking water to protect against both naturally occurring and man-made contaminants that may be found in drinking water.
Major events that take place at the Hawaii Convention Center include the annual First Hawaiian International Auto Show, the Miss Hawaii competition, the Honolulu Festival, Kawaii Kon and numerous other public and private events. On November 12–20, 2011, the Hawaii Convention Center hosted the culminating meetings of APEC United States 2011.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has an area of 10.6 square miles (27.4 km 2), of which 7.8 square miles (20.1 km 2) is land and 2.8 square miles (7.3 km 2) (26.62%) is water. [12] A significant portion of the water area is Kawainui Marsh, the largest wetland in the Hawaiian Islands and a Ramsar Convention site.
The Hawaii water resource region is one of 21 major geographic areas, or regions, in the first level of classification used by the United States Geological Survey to divide and sub-divide the United States into successively smaller hydrologic units. These geographic areas contain either the drainage area of a major river, or the combined ...
The Waikane CDP encompasses much more than the location known as Waikāne, which is but one of several valleys comprising the north end of the Koʻolaupoko District. The CDP has a total area of 7.2 square miles (18.6 km 2), of which 6.8 square miles (17.7 km 2) is land and 0.35 square miles (0.9 km 2) is water. The total area is 4.88% water.
University of Hawaii art professor Murray Turnbull served as interim director and acting chancellor of the East–West Center through 1961, [19] when anthropologist Alexander Spoehr, the former director (1953–1961) of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum in Honolulu, was appointed as the East–West Center's first chancellor, serving for two years before resigning at the end of 1963. [20]
At the edge of the high water mark from the 1960 tsunami, 40 acres (16 ha) of land were filled to an average elevation of 26 ft (7.9 m) above sea level, creating a parcel for a new commercial center and County offices along Kilauea Avenue. [13]: 12 [14]
Hauʻula (Hawaiian pronunciation: [hɐwˈʔulə]) is a census-designated place and rural community in the Koʻolauloa District on the island of Oʻahu, City & County of Honolulu. In Hawaiian, hauʻula means "red hau" (hau is a type of tree: Hibiscus tiliaceus). There is a small commercial center. As of the 2020 census, the CDP population was 4,018.