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3:15 p.m. (UPDATE) - Water service has been restored. Mahalo. -- 12:15 p.m. 04-11-2026 KĪLAUEA - Emergency water service shutdown on N. Waiakalua St., for approximately 3 hours. DOW crews are making repairs to the mainline. Mahalo.

LĪHUE – The Department of Water (DOW) invites everyone to join the 2026 Ho‘olaule‘a No Ka Honua, a festival celebrating Earth Month across the island. This event is co-hosted by the County of Kaua‘i Office of Economic Development and the Kauaʻi...

LĪHUʻE — The Kauaʻi Department of Water (DOW) has rescheduled the community meeting originally planned for today, April 9, 2026, from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Kōloa Neighborhood Center due to severe weather. The new meeting date will be...

2:15 p.m. (UPDATE) - Water service has been restored.--12:15 p.m. 04-08-2026 KALĀHEO - Emergency water service shutdown on Alelo Road and Auwae Road, for approximately 2 hours. DOW crews are making repairs to the mainline.12:15 p.m. 04-08-2026 KALĀHEO - Emergency...

12:45 p.m. (UPDATE) - Water service has been restored.--- 9:00 a.m. - A water service shutdown is scheduled on a portion of Kīlauea Road, from the area near the intersection with Kauapea Road and ending at the Kīlauea Lighthouse. The...

LĪHUʻE – The Department of Water (DOW) and its contractor Alpha Inc., advise motorists that night work along Kūhiō Highway (Route 56), from Hardy Street to Kali Road, will continue through all of April with alternating one-lane closures in the northbound and southbound direction. The night work will take place on weekdays from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m., weather permitting.   ...

KAPAʻA –  The Department of Water (DOW) and its contractor, Hawaiian Dredging Company Inc., remind the public that continued utility and excavation work will take place throughout April on Kawaihau Road, from Kapuni Road at Kapahi Park to near the Kapahi Road intersection.    A single lane closure on Kawaihau Road is possible in either direction for portions of the...

HANALEI – The Department of Water (DOW) and contractor Koga Engineering & Construction Inc., will continue to conduct road work on Weke Road in Hanalei, from ‘Anae Road, to Mālolo Road, April 6 to 30, 2026.  Work will take place on weekdays from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., weather permitting.  The road work is necessary for the installation of a water line on Weke Road, part of the Hanalei...

12:00 p.m. (UPDATE) - Water service has been restored. -- 10:50 a.m. 04-02-2026 KALĀHEO - Emergency water service shutdown on Alelo Road, for approximately 2 hours. DOW crews are repairing a mainline leak. Mahalo.