Bedell, Burke, Hatfield, and Laboratory Award Nominations

Nominations Due 10/17/23

Please fill out an awards nomination form for each nominee per award and email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. by 10/17/23.

HWEA is offering up to 4 scholarships to provide funding for individuals to attend 2022 HWEA Biosolids & Co-generation Workshop.

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The HWEA Board of Directors is recommending the following change to the Constitution and Bylaws. This amendment will be discussed at the General Membership meeting on August 23, 2022. You may send any questions or comments to Alicia Suzuki  This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Background: The WEF Bylaws Subcommittee offers the Hawaii WEA suggestions for Constitution and Bylaws for the purpose of confirming that the Member Association Bylaws are in harmony with those of WEF. 

HWEA is offering up to 4 scholarships to provide funding for individuals who are seeking operator education or certification to advance their knowledge, skills, abilities or license by attending WEFTEC 2022.

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Castle High School students tour Kaneohe facility to learn about City job opportunities

Water Environment Federation House of Delegates Interview with Kyle Yukumoto, HWEA Delegate

The Hawaii State Science and Engineering Fair (HSSEF) is an annual science fair held to showcase the innovation and research performed by students in middle schools and high schools across the state. HWEA participates in special awards judging, to identify and award high school students whose projects prove exemplary in the field of water environment research. HWEA congratulates our regional winners listed below:

Marisa Draper, Kahuku High & Intermediate School

Project Title: “When Tourism Stopped: The Effects of Hawaii’s Tourism Industry on Ocean Pollution”

Tara Makena Ferguson & Jasmine Cadotte, Kalaheo High School 

Project Title: “Using Computer Algorithms & Sensors To Effectively Optimize Water Usage for Indigenous Plant Irrigation”

Landon Choy, Kamehameha Schools Kapālama 

Project Title: “Harnessing the Energy in Waves to Generate Electricity” 

Hope Rosenbush, Kamehameha Schools Kāpalama 

Project Title: “PH Levels and Their Effect on Urchin Fertilization”

Benjamin Whitehurst, Pearl City High School 

Project Title: “Watershed Computer Game”

Kailee Tanaka & Marissa Kusumoto, Iolani School

Project Title: “Quantification of the Concentration of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Waikiki beach waters” 

These regional winners have been invited to submit their projects to the State Stockholm Junior Water Prize (SJWP) competition to further showcase their work at a state level, with potential of advancing to the national, and international SJWP competitions. 

Hoʻomaikaʻi e nā haumāna!

Congratulations, students!

https://www.hawaiiacademyofscience.org/science-fair-winners

The Waikīkī Aquarium celebrated its 118th birthday on Saturday, March 19, and HWEA was there to help shell-ebrate!   The aquarium outfitted us with an o-fish-all event bucket, tongs and refreshments and sent us on our way.  Our small group was able to gather safely to help collect litter along Kapiolani Park and the magestic Waikīkī coastline.  The event saved over 100 pounds of trash from potentially getting into the ocean.  Hope to Sea you at the next event!

HWEA is excited to announce the creation of its own YouTube Channel.  Recorded HWEA presentations will be available to watch after the session.  Check back frequently for new updates.

PURPOSE
To provide financial assistance to HWEA members and their dependents seeking higher education, and to encourage academic excellence.

ELIGIBILITY

1. Any dues-paying member of HWEA (including PWO) or member’s dependent (claimed as a dependent on the member’s most recent income tax return). Preference is given to member
   dependents.
2. Must be at least a freshman in the Fall 2022 semester at a college or university, enrolled full-time in a bachelors, masters, or doctorate degree program. Proof of enrollment will be required
   upon notice of award.
3. Curriculum of study (or major) to include engineering, public health, or natural sciences (e.g. biology, chemistry, geology, microbiology, oceanography, physics, etc.), as related to
   the protection and enhancement of the water environment and associated public health.
4. Previous HWEA scholarship awardees are not eligible.

Proposed Amendment to the HWEA Constitution and Bylaws

The HWEA Board of Directors is recommending the following change to the Constitution and Bylaws. This amendment was discussed at the General Membership meeting during the Pacific Water Conference in February and will now be voted on electronically. You may send any questions or comments to Jason Nikaido, at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. HWEA last approved revisions to the Constitution & Bylaws in 2018. The full HWEA Constitution and Bylaws (Revised May 15, 2018) can be viewed HERE. Please review the proposed changes below, and then vote via Survey Monkey HERE.

Speakers:
Mr. Jason Kagimoto, Ms. Dora Beck, and Mr. Eric Nakagawa Division Chiefs for Wastewater for Kauai, Hawaii, and Maui counties

CE Undergraduate Research Funding on Wastewater for AY 2018-19

The Hawaii Water Environment Association (HWEA) will provide funding up to $3000 to support Civil Engineering undergraduate research projects on wastewater topics supervised and approved by an engineering faculty for the Fall 2018 and Spring 2019 semesters. The student or students, working with faculty, must prepare a three-page research proposal and email to the HWEA Research Committee for possible approval.

Speaker: Scott Glenn, AICP, Director of the State of Hawaiʻi Office of Environmental Quality Control (OEQC)

Program: Modernizing Hawaiʻi’s EIS Rules

Location:  HASR Bistro

Date: Thursday, June 21, 2018 at 5:30 pm

Cost:
$35.00 for ASCE/AWWA/HWEA Members
$40.00 for Non-ASCE/AWWA/HWEA Members and Guests
$20.00 for University of Hawaii at Manoa Student members

RSVP due 6/12/2018. For more information and to register, click here.

The proposed amendments to the HWEA Constitution & Bylaws were accepted in May 2018. The final version is available to download HERE. Thank you to all who took the time to review and vote on the amendments, especially to our Board Advisory/Constitution & Bylaws Committee for developing the draft.

Beginning with the Winter issue of 2018, we have made the decision to have Craig Kelman & Associates provide their professional publishing services to revive an enhanced version of our once important and valuable publication – Lua Line. In addition to transforming the printed edition into a full color glossy magazine, Lua Line will now have an exciting new eMagazine version as well. The first volume of the revived LUA LINE  is now available digitally HERE.