{"id":184024,"date":"2025-08-29T06:14:12","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T06:14:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/184024\/"},"modified":"2025-08-29T06:14:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T06:14:12","slug":"maui-dws-to-use-backup-water-for-upcountry-system-starting-in-early-september-maui-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/184024\/","title":{"rendered":"Maui DWS to use backup water for Upcountry system starting in early September : Maui Now"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>   August 28, 2025, 9:00 AM HST  <\/p>\n<p>\n<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/piiholo-reservoir-1-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-498379\"\/>Low water levels at the Pi\u02bbiholo reservoir.  PC: County of Maui \/ Facebook<\/p>\n<p>Due to existing and projected water shortages, the County of Maui Department of Water Supply will introduce backup supply to the Upcountry water system that serves Upper and Lower Kula, Makawao, Pukalani, H\u0101li\u02bbimaile and Ha\u02bbik\u016b on or around Sept. 5, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>DWS water from its Hamakuapoko Wells 1 and 2 will be used in the Upcountry water system. Maui County Code requires scheduled water quality sampling for the well water and that results comply with state Department of Health regulations and US Environmental Protection Agency standards.<\/p>\n<p>The lack of adequate surface water flow into Pi\u02bbiholo reservoir, drier than average temperatures and inadequate forecasted rainfall led to the decision to utilize the wells, DWS said. The Upcountry water system is heavily dependent on surface water.<\/p>\n<p><b>ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW AD<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The department will continue to monitor conditions and utilize the backup source as long as warranted.<\/p>\n<p>US Drought Monitor shows the majority of Maui island under moderate and severe drought. National Weather Service predicts below normal precipitation next month for all Hawai\u02bbi islands.<\/p>\n<p>For general DWS questions, visit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mauicounty.gov\/water\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">http:\/\/www.mauicounty.gov\/water<\/a>. For health questions, call the Maui District Office of the state Department of Health at 808-984-8200.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"August 28, 2025, 9:00 AM HST Low water levels at the Pi\u02bbiholo reservoir. PC: County of Maui \/&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":184025,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[103388,103389,103390,746,103391,103392,103393,103394,103395,103396,103397,103398,159,67,132,36825,103399,103400,103401,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-184024","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-environment","8":"tag-backup-water","9":"tag-drought-monitor","10":"tag-dws","11":"tag-environment","12":"tag-haiku","13":"tag-haliimaile","14":"tag-lower-kula","15":"tag-maui-drought","16":"tag-maui-dws","17":"tag-piiholo","18":"tag-piiholo-reservoir","19":"tag-pukalani","20":"tag-science","21":"tag-united-states","22":"tag-unitedstates","23":"tag-upcountry-maui","24":"tag-upcountry-maui-water","25":"tag-upcountry-water","26":"tag-upper-kula","27":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115110587774606594","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184024","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=184024"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184024\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/184025"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=184024"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=184024"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=184024"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}