City and County of Honolulu HI : 01/03/17 Force main break in West Kapolei

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Tuesday, January 3, 2017
Markus Owens, ENV PIO: [phone]

Force main break in West Kapolei

KAPOLEI - The Department of Environmental Services responded this morning to a force main break in West Kapolei. None of the spill reached a body of water.

A 20-inch force main, associated with West Beach No. 2 Wastewater Pump Station (WWPS), broke in an unimproved area close to where the same pipe broke in November 2016. The cause of the break and spill volume are unknown at this time.

ENV received the call at 7:45 a.m., arrived at the site at 9 a.m., and contained the spill at 10:30 a.m. The city's Department of Design and Construction hired a third-party contractor to repair the pipe.

ENV crews are utilizing tanker, Vactor and cesspool trucks to capture flow at the West Beach No. 2 WWPS and distributing it to the West Beach No. 1 WWPS. The state Department of Health was notified and warning signs are posted.

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