Updated at 8:10 a.m., Wednesday, July 3, 2002
Water crews restore Mokapu service
Advertiser Staff
Crews have restored water to the last of about 100 homes in the Mokapu area of Kailua that lost service yesterday afternoon when repairs began on a water main break. |
| Honolulu Board of Water Supply workers today replace a four-inch valve following a water main break on MØkapu Boulevard, near ‘Aikahi Place in Kailua. The break caused about 100 homes to lose service yesterday. Richard Ambo • The Honolulu Advertiser |
Denise DeCosta, spokesperson for the Honolulu Board of Water Supply, said crews restore service to the last customers affected, residents of Old Mokapu Road, by about 7:30 a.m.
The break was discovered at about 4:30 p.m. yesterday when water appeared on the roadway on Mokapu Boulevard, near 'Aikahi Place, DeCosta said.
The leak was traced to a four-inch line, but the roadway had to be dug up to isolate the adjacent 20-inch main in order to repair the leak, she added. This required a shutdown of service to about 100 customers intially, but water was turned back on for most of these homes as repairs progressed through the night, DeCosta said.
