KAPAA — The Kapaa Homesteads Well No. 4 Project kicked off with a blessing ceremony late last month, representing another step completed in the Kauai County Department of Water Plan 2020, a comprehensive, long-range plan that addresses the need to upgrade aging infrastructures and water system improvements on Kauai.
KAPAA — The Kapaa Homesteads Well No. 4 Project kicked off with a blessing ceremony late last month, representing another step completed in the Kauai County Department of Water Plan 2020, a comprehensive, long-range plan that addresses the need to upgrade aging infrastructures and water system improvements on Kauai.
Work will include development and drilling of a new well source for the Kapaa water system and a drainage package that will incorporate installation of about 3,550 linear feet of an 18-inch, reinforced concrete drainage line and a retention system.
The $2.2 million construction contract was awarded to Earthworks Pacific Inc. Of that amount, $750,000 is state funds. The project will also serve as the potential building block to future construction of two, half-million-gallon tanks to increase the storage capacity for the Kapaa water system. Installation of the tanks will be scheduled upon development of the well.
The Kapaa Well No. 4 Project will address source needs and strengthen the Kapaa water system for customers and the community, said Dustin Moises, DOW’s chief of construction management.
He continued: “I would like to thank state representatives, former Representative Derek Kawakami and current Representative Nadine Nakamura, for their efforts towards acquiring state funding for this project, in addition to the County of Kauai, its council members, our DOW staff, design consultants, contractor Earthworks Pacific Inc. and subcontractors for working diligently together to bring this Water Plan 2020 Project to life for the people of Kauai.”
