#Drinking Water
Water supply dept. extends entry deadline for Keiki Water Conservation Poster Contest
The free contest promotes the importance of reducing water waste and protecting drinking water supplies. It challenges keiki to utilize artistic ways to depict conserving our most precious resource – safe drinking water.
Water Supply accepting entries for Keiki Water Conservation Poster Contest
The free contest challenges keiki to utilize artistic ways to depict conserving our most precious resource – safe drinking water.
1,2,3-Trichloropropane not detected in follow-up testing of ‘Ōla‘a-Mountain View Water System
Earlier this month, the Hawai‘i Department of Health reported that trace levels of TCP were isolated to the ‘Ōla‘a booster station No. 3 hose bibb or spigot, which is located on Department of Water Supply property and not accessible by the public. The concentrations were 0.05 parts per billion to 0.07 parts per billion, well below the DOH’s maximum contaminant level of 0.6 parts per billion. There is no federal standard for TCP levels in municipal drinking water.
State spending $3 million to finally fix water issues at Hāpuna Beach park on Big Island
After spending a lot of time and money trying to remedy chronic leaks that were only “band-aid” fixes at Hāpuna Beach State Recreation Area, the Hawaiʻi State Division of Parks is going to spend $3 million to reconstruct the system.
