HomeMy WebLinkAboutDOWNR080818BlessingheldforDOWsKapaaHomesteadsWellNo4ProjectDepartment of
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News Release
For Immediate Release: August 8, 2018
Contact: Jonell S.T. Kaohelaulii
Information & Education Specialist
Phone: (808) 245-5461
Mobile: (808) 755-5432
Email: ikaohelaulii@kauaiwater.or
Blessing held for DOW's Kapa'a Homesteads Well No. 4 Project
KAPA'A — The Department of Water (DOW) held a blessing ceremony on July 31st, to commence the
Kapa'a Homesteads Well No. 4 Project in Kapa'a.
"The Kapa'a Well No. 4 Project will address source needs and strengthen the Kapa'a water system for our
customers and the community," said Dustin Moises, DOW's chief of construction management. "I would
like to thank State Representatives; former Representative Derek Kawakami and current Representative
Nadine Nakamura for their efforts towards acquiring state funding for this project, in addition to the
County of Kaua'i, its council members, our DOW staff, design consultants, contractor Earthworks Pacific,
Inc. and subcontractors for working diligently together to bring this Water Plan 2020 Project to life for
the people of Kaua'i."
The Kapa'a Homesteads Well No. 4 Project is part of the DOW's Water Plan 2020, a comprehensive long-
range plan that addresses the need to upgrade aging infrastructures and water system improvements on
Kauai. Work will include the development and drilling of a new well source for the Kapa'a water
system and a drainage package that will incorporate the installation of approximately 3,550 linear
feet of an 18-inch reinforced concrete drainage line and a retention system.
The construction contract was awarded to Earthworks Pacific, Inc. in the amount of $2,176,400.00; of
that amount, $750,000.00 was granted from state legislative funding. The project will also serve as the
potential building block to future construction of two, half -million gallon tanks to increase the storage
capacity for the Kapa'a Water System. Installation of the tanks will be scheduled upon development of
the well.
The subcontractors involved in this project include Duct -Ter Sheet Metal LLC, Harry Asato Painting, Inc.,
Maui Kupono Builders LLC, Oasis Water Systems, Inc., T Masaniai Contractors and Wellington Fence Co.
Reverend Jade Waialeale-Battad of Ke Akua Mana Church officiated the blessing ceremony over the
project site in Kapa'a.
For more information on the Kapa'a Homesteads Well No. 4 Project, contact the Department of Water at
245-5461.
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Photo by the Department
of Water
Photo 1: Bryan Davidson
of Earthworks Pacific, Inc.
(left) and DOW's Dustin
Moises (right) untie the
lei at the blessing
ceremony held at the
future Kapa'a
Homesteads Well No. 4
project site.
Photo by the Department of Water
Photo 2: (From Left to Right) Councilmember Joanne Yukimura, Galen Gokan of SSFM International, Inc., Godwin
Esaki, Kaua'i Board of Water Supply Board Member, Lyle Tabata, Councilmember Derek Kawakami, DOW's Dustin
Moises, Earthworks Pacific Inc.'s Bryan Davidson and DOW's Bryan Wienand participate in the blessing ceremony
for the DOW's Kapa'a Homesteads Well No. 4 Project on July 31st.