KAHULUI MAY NOW HAVE LOW WATER PRESSURE
KAHULUI - Kahului residents, especially those living at higher elevations near Lihikai Elementary and Maui Waena Intermediate schools, may have low water pressure late Thursday night and early Friday morning, Department of Water Supply officials announced.
The system is expected to lose pressure when contractors relocate an 18-inch water transmission line near Waiale Road in Wailuku. The work is scheduled to begin at 9 p.m. Thursday and end around 5 a.m. Friday.
Water department officials asked all residents and businesses in Central and South Maui to conserve water during the work period by turning off irrigation systems and other nonessential uses of water. The conservation measures will help preserve water levels in storage tanks.
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UPGRADES SLATED FOR AREA OF HALEAKALA
KIPAHULU - Work is scheduled to begin next month to upgrade a water tank, improve the campgrounds and add a new parking lot and restroom facilities at Haleakala National Park's Kipahulu area.
The cost of water tank improvements is nearly $1.3 million while work to the parking lot and campground is expected to carry a price tag of almost $3.2 million, park officials said.
The projects are expected to begin in the second week of March and continue to Sept. 1.
The park will remain open during construction, but park visitors are asked to be patient while work is being done.
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'GREAT MAUI WHALE COUNT' ON SATURDAY
MAALAEA - The Pacific Whale Foundation's "Great Maui Whale Count" will be held from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday along the south and west coasts of Maui, plus one north shore position.
Counters will be based at 12 counting stations along the shore from The Ritz-Carlton, Kapalua, to Puu Olai in Makena, plus Hookipa Beach Park in Paia. Training at each site begins at 8 a.m.
Counting is limited to animals sighted within three miles of shoreline to ensure more accuracy and allow the counters to best determine the whales' pod composition and behaviors.
For more information, see: www.mauiwhalefestival.org or call the foundation at 249-8811, ext. 1.
