The County of Hawai‘i Water Board unanimously confirmed Keith Okamoto as the Deputy Manager of the Department of Water Supply at their monthly meeting yesterday. In a letter addressed to the Water Board, newly selected Manager – Chief Engineer Quirino Antonio detailed the many reasons for his selection of Okamoto as his Deputy. In his letter, Antonio wrote about Okamoto’s beginning at the Department in 1996 as a licensed civil engineer...

At this time, the Haina Well in Honoka’a has been repaired. Water Supply customers in Honoka’a, Pā’auhau, Āhualoa, Kalopā, Pohākea, Upper Pa’auilo, Kukuihaele, Kapulena in Hāmākua, Hawai’i are no longer affected.