Water shutoff scheduled overnight in parts of Kapaa for upgrades
Parts of Kapaa lost water from 8 p.m. Wednesday to 5 a.m. Thursday while crews tied in six new connections for the Homesteads tank project.
Water service was shut off overnight in parts of Kapaa from 8 p.m. Wednesday to 5 a.m. Thursday, weather permitting, while crews worked on improvements to the Kapaa Homesteads water system. The Kauai Department of Water shut off water so contractors could install six connections for newly built waterline infrastructure.
The shutdown covered Kapaa Homesteads and the greater Kapaa area, including neighborhoods along Kawaihau Road east of Kaapuni and side roads off Kapahi, Kaehulua, Laipo, Hauaala and Mailihuna. Two portable water tanks with drinking water were set up in the parking lot of Aloha Island Mart at 5665 Kawaihau Road.
The outage was for the Kapaa Homesteads Tanks Project, a $23.3 million upgrade that will replace an existing 0.2 million-gallon storage tank with two new 0.5 million-gallon tanks. Together, the new tanks will provide 1 million gallons of storage. The Department of Water and Hawaiian Dredging Construction Company Inc. marked the start of the project with a blessing ceremony on Friday, July 11.
Residents in the outage zone needed to fill drinking containers before the shutoff, set aside water for brushing teeth and flushing toilets, and avoid laundry or dishwashing until service came back.
In April 2022, the county Department of Water announced another overnight Kapaa shutdown for waterline replacement, with service then scheduled from 9 p.m. Thursday, April 21 to 5 a.m. Friday, April 22, weather permitting.
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