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Public toilets in Hawaii
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Toilets in a room on 22nd floor of the Diamond Head Tower at the Hyatt Regency Waikiki Resort and Spa in Waikiki, Honolulu, Oahu
Language of toilets
Local wordswashroom
restroom
john
Men's toiletsMen
Women's toiletsWomen
Public toilet statistics
Toilets per 100,000 people23 (2021)
Total toilets??
Public toilet use
TypeWestern style sit toilet
Locationspublic accomodations
hotels
stores
restaurants
coffee shops
Average cost???
Often equipped with???
Percent accessible???
Date first modern public toilets???
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Public toilets in Hawaii, commonly called washrooms, are found at a rate of around 23 public toilets per 100,000 people.

Public toilets

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A map of US states showing which mandate all single-person restrooms to be all-gender.
Bathroom sign at beach in Hawaii
Sign at the washroom in Honolulu Airport in 2007
Projection booth toilet
Crew bathroom facilities within the USS Bowfin

washroom is one of the most commonly used words for public toilet in the United States.[1] Euphemisms are often used to avoid discussing the purpose of toilets.  Words used include toilet, restroom, bathroom, lavatory and john.[2]

A 2021 study found there were 23 public toilets per 100,000 people.[3] A 2021 study found there were ten public toilets per 100,000 people.[4] The cleanest public toilets at a gas station in Hawaii, according to the GasBuddy, in 2019 were found at Aloha Petroleum.[5]

Public toilets are often located in semi-private public accommodations like hotels, stores, restaurants and coffee shops instead of being street level municipal maintained facilities.[6] Honolulu has a lack of public toilets serving the city's homeless population.  In the Chinatown area, the lack of public toilets was particularly acute during the Covid-19 pandemic as many restaurants closed down, further limiting toilet access for homeless people.[7] The lack of public toilets in Honolulu had a flow on effect of hurting the city's tourist industry.[7]

History

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Public toilets, made from masonry and galvanized iron were built at Uwekahuna and Halemaumau in the late 1920s.[8]

The oceanside tract of Fort DeRussy was used extensively in the 1980s as a public civilian and military space, and included public toilets.[9]

References

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  1. ^ Hess, Nico (2019-08-04). Introducing Global Englishes. Scientific e-Resources. ISBN 978-1-83947-299-2.
  2. ^ Farb, Peter (2015-08-19). Word Play: What Happens When People Talk. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. ISBN 978-1-101-97129-1.
  3. ^ QS Supplies (11 October 2021). "Which Cities Have The Most and Fewest Public Toilets?". QS Supplies. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
  4. ^ QS Supplies (11 October 2021). "Which Cities Have The Most and Fewest Public Toilets?". QS Supplies. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
  5. ^ Adams, Kirby. "Hitting the road? Here's a list of the nicest gas station bathrooms in each state". The Courier-Journal. Retrieved 2022-10-31.
  6. ^ Baldwin, P. C. (2014-12-01). "Public Privacy: Restrooms in American Cities, 1869-1932". Journal of Social History. 48 (2): 264–288. doi:10.1093/jsh/shu073. ISSN 0022-4529.
  7. ^ a b "Wound Care and Public Toilets in Honolulu, Please". Hawai'i Public Radio. 2021-09-16. Retrieved 2022-10-31.
  8. ^ Service, United States National Park (1930). Report of the Director of the National Park Service to the Secretary of the Interior for the Fiscal Year Ended ... U.S. Government Printing Office.
  9. ^ Investigations, United States Congress House Committee on Armed Services Subcommittee on (1987). Present Use, Requirements, and Future Utilization of Fort DeRussy, Hawaii: Report of the Subcommittees on Investigations, Readiness, and Military Installations and Facilities of the Committee on Armed Services, House of Representatives, Ninety-ninth Congress, Second Session. U.S. Government Printing Office.