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The Honolulu Advertiser
Posted on: Tuesday, September 16, 2008

HAWAII BRIEFS
Homeless center gets appliances

Advertiser Staff

The Maui County Department of Water Supply is donating 84 high-efficiency toilets and two waterless urinals to the Ka Hale a Ke Ola Homeless Resource Center to help reduce water usage in central Maui.

The toilets use only 1.28 gallons of water per flush compared with 3.5 gallons needed by the center's existing toilets.

The toilets cost $20,600 and will be installed by the center's maintenance staff. The water department also donated 276 low-flow showerheads and 348 faucet aerators to Ka Hale a Ke Ola and Hale Makana O Waiale, a housing facility next door.

The nonprofit homeless resource center provides services to approximately 300 people.



AG PARK MEETING SET FOR TOMORROW

Proposed options for a 75-acre county agricultural park in Kilauea, Kaua'i, will be discussed at a public informational meeting tomorrow.

Kimura International has drawn up potential uses of the land after consulting with local residents, elected officials, farmers and others.

The land was transferred to the county two years ago as part of a Planning Commission development condition.

The meeting will be from 2 to 3:30 p.m. in the Malama Kaua'i conference room (formerly the Guava Kai gift shop), 4900 Ku'awa Road. For more information, contact the Kaua'i Office of Economic Development at 808-241-4946.