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The new Pāhala wastewater treatment plant is soon to be under construction, set back from the pine tree entrance to the village on Maile Street. Macadamia orchards will be irrigated with treated water. Image from County of Hawai'i |
PĀHALA SEWER PROJECT TO BEGIN CONSTRUCTION: The Implementation Plan for the
new wastewater, sewage system for Pāhala was submitted to the EPA on Oct. 24
by County of Hawai‘i. The County also
announced awarding the construction
contract to Goodfellow Brothers, Inc.,
with work anticipated to be approximately 18 months, beginning in January.
Read the Implementation Plan at https://
www.dem.hawaiicounty.gov/home/
showpublisheddocument/308434.
The Implementation Plan describes
the remaining planning, design, and
construction schedule for the package
wastewater treatment plant and new
collection system, following EPA’s approval of the Final Environmental Information Document.
The County is overseeing the design and engineering, and the acquisition of necessary land and easements,
for the collection system, treatment
plant, and disposal system.
Owners of homes in the affected
area will have received via USPS a
right-of-entry agreement for the construction of the new collection system.
The County asks that owners sign the
agreement and return it to the County
in the enclosed envelope.
With questions, call the phone numbers listed in
the letter.
The final deadline for the County
to close the large capacity cesspools is
January 22, 2027. Those cesspools are
illegal nationally and are left over from the sugar plantation days.
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| Moses Kaho'okele Crabbe and his halau will perform at Ho'okupu Hula No Kaʻū Cultural Festival on Saturday, Nov.2. |
The free event begins at 9
a.m. at Ke Ola Pu‘uhonua
grounds in Nā‘ālehu, with
Pule and Ho‘okupu, with Ku‘uipo Kumukahi at 10 a.m. She is followed by:
Hālau O Kaleo A Keahialapalapa
with Kumu Hula Naoho Kanahele along with musical performers and cultural practitioners. Kumu Debbie Ryder said she welcomes halau from afar and near and headliner singer Ku'uipo Kumukahi along with the musical group He Mea Hou, led by Victor Chock.
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The event begins at 9 a.m. with Pule and Ho'okupu. Ku'uipo Kumukahi at 10 a.m. She is followed by:
Hālau O Kaleo A Keahialapalapa
with Kumu Hula Naoho Kanahele, Kanakaole, great granddaughter of
Aunty Edith Kanakaole;
Hālau Na Pua O Uluhaimalama
with Kumu Hula Emery Acerat, whose
ʻūniki is from the Late Ray Fonseca;
Hālau Hula ‘O Leionalani
with Kumu Hula Debbie Ryder
whose ʻūniki is from
the late Loea George
Lankilakeikiahiali‘i
Naope;
Ho‘omaika‘i Hula
Studio with Kumu Hula
Shona LamHo, an O‘ahu
Hula sister of Debbie
Ryder;
Hālau Auolaokalani
with Kumu Hula Moses
Kaho‘okele Crabbe.
Cultural practitioner
demonstrations include:
Net Making with
Uncle Chucky Leslie of
Nāpō‘opo‘o;
Poi pounding and demonstrating with Bobbie Pahia from Maui and
Kawehi Ryder of Pāhala;
Medicinal Awa (Kava) with Todd
Reilly.
There will also be food and vendor
booths.
The Saturday festival is followed
by a free Kulia I Ka Nu‘u Health Fair
from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Sunday at the
same location, sponsored by Hawaiian
Music Perpetuation Society.
It includes La‘au lapa‘au, health
screening, food demonstrations, resource provider demonstrations mele
and hula.
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| Ku‘uipo Kumukahi headlines the cutlural fest at Ke Ola Pu‘uhonua grounds in Nā‘ālehu this Saturday. |
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