Update: Water conservation notice from Hanalei to Ha’ena lifted

This story was updated at 12:32 p.m. Jan. 31: The Kaua‘i County Department of Water lifted the water conservation notice from Hanalei to Ha’ena as of 11 a.m. Tuesday.  Customers can now resume normal water use. 

This story was updated at 6:11 p.m. on Jan. 30: Kaua‘i Island Utility Cooperative reported 729 outages islandwide, most of them occurring in the Hanalei area.

As many as 20,000 customers impacted by the outage. Click here for live updates on islandwide outages.

This story was updated at 4:25 p.m. on Jan. 30: Power outages have continued to fluctuate throughout the day, most of them occurring in the Hanalei area.

At one point this afternoon, Kaua‘i Island Utility Cooperative reported over 20,000 customers impacted by the outage. Click here for live updates on islandwide outages.

As of 4:25 p.m., there are 305 customers impacted.

This story was updated at 12:55 p.m. on Jan. 30: Most of the power outages reported by Kaua‘i Island Utility Cooperative have resolved with only 31 customers impacted by the outage.

This story was updated at 11:35 a.m. on Jan. 30: The outages have spiked over the past few hours according Kaua‘i Island Utility Cooperative website’s outage report.

Earlier this morning, 554 customers were without power, and as of 11:30 a.m., 2,028 are without power. Most of the outages are in Hanalei.

Original post: The Department of Water has issued a water conservation request from Hanalei to Hā’ena until further notice, due to electrical power outages and severe weather conditions occurring in the area. Customers are advised to limit water use to essential needs only, such as cooking, drinking or sanitation use, to prevent a full water service outage.

While the Kaua‘i Island Utility Cooperative, the Garden Isle’s power company, reports islandwide outages, most appear to be occurring in the Hanalei area with 504 customers impacted.

Additional water conservation measures include turning off appliances and fixtures that automatically draw water such as ice machines and irrigation systems.

An update will be provided when the conservation notice has been lifted.