I’ll start by saying that out of the couple hundreds of samples we have taken in Kula and Lahaina neighborhoods thus far, we have only found clear signs of wildfire related contamination in a few fringe cases. This result matches…
Category: Maui Water Updates
New Sample Results, and Public Release of All Results So FarSeptember 31st, 2023
It’s been a minute, but we finally have results from our latest batch of samples. Please follow this LINK to see color-coded printouts of all our sample results from Kula, and please follow this LINK to see results from Lahaina.…
Upcountry Community Meeting Wednesday September 20th at 6 p.m. in Pukalani.September 19th, 2023
County Representatives will be holding an Upcountry Community Meeting at 6 p.m on Wednesday September 20. The meeting will be held at the Mayor Hannibal Tavares Community Center in Pukalani. Akaku will air the meeting live and provide a live…
Unsafe Water Advisory Lifted for Much of KulaSeptember 12th, 2023
As of September 12, the Unsafe Water Advisory has been lifted for all residents in Kula Zone 1. Lahaina and Kula Zones 2 to Zone 5 remain under the Unsafe Water Advisory. Please see the updated interactive map here, to check…
DWS Director Discusses Timeline on Lifting AdvisorySeptember 11th, 2023
Reporters from Hawaii News Now interviewed DWS director John Stufflebean on Friday the 8th of September, and in their published article it was reported he estimates the advisory may be lifted for 85% of Kula within a week. Other areas…
New WRRC Test Results: No Concerning Detections So FarSeptember 8th, 2023
We have analyzed our second batch of samples from locations on Kulalani Dr., Leihulu Wy., and Ainakula Rd. in Kula, and on Lilia St. and Kuilua St. in Lahaina. Overall the news is good. We did not find levels of…
New Summaries of County Water Test ResultsSeptember 7th, 2023
The county has been making good progress in testing the water systems for VOC’s. They are sharing results on a map HERE and are also posting all of the lab reports HERE. In order to help community members sort through…
View “Environmental Health Impacts of the Maui Wildfires”, a seminar by UH Public Health ExpertsAugust 31, 2023
This seminar was presented by Catherine Pirkle, Ph.D. and Rosana Hernandez Weldon, Ph.D., M.P.H. of the Office of Public Health Studies at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. It covers a deep dive into the existing…
UH-WRRC Summarizes First Round of VOC Test ResultsAugust 27, 2023
We have analyzed results from our first round of non-regulatory community testing in and outside of the Kula burn area. We did NOT detect any of the 23 state regulated VOC’s in excess of US-EPA health standards. We did detect…
Hawaii Department of Health Releases Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) Fact SheetAugust 27, 2023
Please see this link to read about VOCs and find US EPA Maximum Contaminant Levels for 21 regulated VOC’s