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Sea-level changes threaten low-lying areas

STAR-ADVERTISER / 2012

Sand reclamation project in Waikiki, along Kuhio Beach. A new study from UH scientists shows a large part of urban Honolulu and Waikiki increasingly swamped with groundwater as the rising ocean pushes up the water table, threatening some $5 billion of taxable real estate, nearly 30 miles of roadway, and a host of other facilities and assets.