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News Release
For Immediate Release: November 7, 2018
Media Contact: Jason Fujinaka
Information Specialist I
Phone: 808- 245-5455
Mobile: 808-755-5432
Email: jfuiinaka@kauaiwater.or
Blessing held for the Hanapep&'Ele'ele Booster Pump Station Project
HANAPEPE — The Department of Water (DOW) held a blessing ceremony on Friday, October
19th, 2018, to begin work on the Hanapepe-'Ele'ele Booster Pump Station Project.
"This project is crucial to providing and increasing the level of water services for Ele'ele
customers," said Dustin Moises, DOW's chief of construction management. "The booster
pumps will not only support future affordable housing projects, but it will also provide the level
of redundancy in our system that will be beneficial now and into the future."
The Hanapepe-'Ele'ele Booster Pump Station Project is part of the DOW's Water Plan 2020, a
comprehensive long-range plan that addresses the need to upgrade aging infrastructures on
Kauai. Work will include installation of a new booster pump, as well as repairs to the existing
pump, which will both service the 'Ele'ele community.
The construction contract was awarded to Wasa Electrical Services, Inc. The subcontractor
involved in this project is Dorvein D Leis Company, Inc. Work has already begun and is
expected to be completed in March, 2019, weather permitting.
Reverend Jade Waialeale-Battad of Ke Akua Mana Church officiated over the blessing ceremony.
For more information on the Hanapepe-'Ele'ele Booster Pump Station Project, contact the
Department of Water at 245-5455.
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Photo by Department of Water: L to R: DOW's Claus Bollmann, Eric Fujikawa and Jet
Levinthol, Wasa Electrical Services, Inc.'s Robin Perreira, Raym Jerves and Chad Manoi
and the DOW's Bryan Wienand and Dustin Moises participate in the blessing ceremony
for the Hanapepe-Ele'ele Booster Pump Station Project on October 19, 2018.