The Maui News May 26, 2008
WAILUKU — A continuation of dry weather underscored the Board of Water Supply’s recommendation last week for a drought watch for Upcountry.
The board made the recommendation to Mayor Charmaine Tavares as a “precautionary action,” said Water Director Jeff Eng.
“Our Upcountry customers have done a commendable job in conserving water and controlling discretionary water use,” he said. “However, long-term precipitation forecasts show that precipitation will be below normal at least through October 2008.”
Eng said he remains concerned with “the significant drop in stored raw water levels in the Upcountry reservoirs and the low levels in the Wailoa ditch.”
The 30-million-gallon Waikamoi Reservoir was empty last week, according to...
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