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Updated at 9:36 p.m., Sunday, November 11, 2007

Water conservation urged after Leeward main breaks

Advertiser Staff

The Board of Water Supply is asking the public to conserve water from Ko Olina to Makaha because of a break in a 24-inch water main.

No residents are without water, the BWS said.

A BWS spokesman said at 9:30 p.m. that the main should be repaired sometime Monday morning but that traffic would probably be affected for most of the day Monday.

Police are managing the traffic with contraflow lanes.

The break, which is 200 feet east of the Ko Olina overpass, was reported at 1:30 p.m. today, said Moani Wright-Van Alst, BWS spokeswoman.

Only essential water use is allowed in this area until the break is repaired, she said. That means water use for personal hygiene and cooking only, no car-washing, yard-watering or sidewalk- cleaning.