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Nanakuli water
main repaired
The chronically faulty main
Star-Bulletin staff
is not due to be replaced
for another three yearsAll lanes of Farrington Highway near Nanaikeola Street in Nanakuli were open early today after Board of Water Supply crews completed repair work on a broken 24-inch water main.
The break, reported at 11:25 p.m. Saturday, forced the closure of two lanes -- one in each direction -- for nearly 30 hours. The lanes were reopened at 5:30 a.m. today.
Repair work on the main that provides half the water to the Waianae Coast did not affect service because the Board of Water Supply employed a bypass.
Residents from Nanakuli to Makaha, however, were asked to conserve water during the repair work.
Another section of the same 60-year-old main broke on Memorial Day.
Denise DeCosta, Board of Water Supply spokeswoman, said the main is scheduled to be replaced, but it is part of a three-phase process that will start at Barbers Point, and it will be another few years before the work reaches Waianae.
Crews also repaired breaks on 8-inch mains on Auyong Homestead Road and on Nanakuli Avenue near Mano Street yesterday which disrupted service to 22 households and two businesses.
