HAWI (HawaiiNewsNow) - Emergency repairs are now under way on Hawi’s second water well after it failed Monday afternoon.

Effective immediately and until further notice, an Essential Needs Only Notice has been issued for all Department of Water Supply (DWS) customers in the affected areas.

Water usage must be restricted to essential needs only, such as drinking, cooking, and hygiene purposes in order to maintain water storage in tanks for all water customers.

This Essential Needs Only notice is necessary because only Hawi #1 well is operational and high water usage could cause customers to have no water or low water pressure.

DWS is investigating the cause of the Hawi #2 well failure, which is suspected to have failed around mid-day September 1.

Emergency procurement has been approved

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