Thanks to the County of Maui Board of Water Supply for supplying the following information and images.

Kula and Water

1. 3 of 9 Board of Water Supply members are Kula residents (however, this may change after 3/31/99).
2. 1999 marks the 50^th anniversary of the Department. In 1949, there were 769 consumers in Kula (as measured by number of meters). In 1998, there are 2778 consumers.
3. Maui families pay an average of $1.62 for every 1000 gallons of water they use (based on consumption of 600 gallons per day).
4. The Department of Water Supply has spent over $60 million since 1992 to comply with EPA and Hawaii State Dept. of Health regulations
5. Consumer Confidence Reports will be out in October 1999 – they’re to inform consumers about the quality of their water.
6. Average daily consumption for Kula:

1995 = 4.17 Million Gallons per Day (MGD)
1996 = 4.23 MGD
1997 = 3.44 MGD
1998 = 3.94 MGD
2010 = 5.00 MGD????

7. Y2K: MECO assures us that they will supply electricity next New Year’s, and they have a 4 weeks’ worth of fuel stored. Even if there’s no electricity, our Piiholo and Olinda Treatment Plants both have generators and fuel for 3 – 4 days. After that, if there’s still no electricity, we could distribute unfiltered chlorinated water via gravity. Kula could get at least 250 gallons per person per day.

 

8. The Board approved $60,000 in February for the Nature Conservancy to protect the East Maui Watershed, which is the source of Kula’s water. The State will match this money 2 to 1 ($120,000) and it will be used for controlling the area biggest threats: miconia, feral pigs and deer.