Naʻe vahevahe ʻe he ʻŌfisi Fakaakeake ʻo e Vahefonua Mauí mo e kau ʻōfisa fakaakeake fakafederal ha ngaahi fakamatala mahuʻinga maʻá e kakai ʻo Lahaina ʻi he Fakataha Fakafoʻou Fakauike ʻa e Vahefonua Mauí ki he Fakaakeake mei he Fakatamaki Fakatamaki ʻi he ʻaho Tuʻapulelulu, ʻaho 12 ʻo Sune, 2024, ʻi he holo fakasōsiale ʻo e Lahaina Civic Center.

Naʻe kau ʻi he ngaahi fanongonongo ʻa e vahefonuá hono hiki ʻo e Fakahinohino ki he Vai ʻOku ʻIkai Malu ki ha konga ʻo Lahaina, fakatonutonu ʻa e tuʻunga ʻo e ngāue ʻo e suá ki ha ngaahi konga kelekele pau, toe fakaava kakato ʻa e ʻuluaki feituʻu fakatamakí pea tokoni ki hono fokotuʻu ʻo ha ngaahi saileni fakatokanga feʻaveʻaki ʻe tolu ʻi tuʻa.

Na’e ‘omai ‘e he Potungaue Malu’i ‘o e ‘Atakai ‘o ‘Amelika (EPA) ha fakamatala fakamuimuitaha ki he’ene ngaahi ngaue ki he sipinga ‘o e vai inu, pea pehe ki he ngaahi ma’u’anga tokoni ki he sivi ‘o e ngaahi cesspool ‘o e Wahikuli Houselots Subdivision.

Ke vakai ki he livestream kuo lekooti ʻo e fakataha fakakomiuniti ʻo e ʻaho 12 ʻo Suné, ʻaʻahi ki he peesi Facebook ʻa e Vahefonua Mauí; ‘oku ‘ikai fiema‘u ha ‘akauni ke sio ai ki he fakatahá.

Kuo to'o 'a e fale'i ki he vai ta'emalu ki he konga 'o Lahaina

Naʻe fakahā ʻe he Tokoni Talēkita ʻo e Potungāue Vai ʻa e Vahefonuá ko Kimo Landgraf kuo toʻo ʻa e Fakahinohino ki he Vai ʻOku ʻIkai Malu maʻa Lahaina ki he ʻēlia L-6B. Na’e fakaha ‘a e ngaahi fale mo e ngaahi ‘api ‘oku nau ma’u ‘a e vai ‘i he feitu’u ni ‘oku malu ke ngaue’aki ta’e fakangatangata ‘o kamata ‘i he ‘aho 12 ‘o Sune, 2024. ‘E lava ke ngaue’aki ‘e he kakai ‘o e fonua ‘a e Mape Fakahinohino ki he Vai ‘oku fetu’utaki ke fakapapau’i pe ‘oku ‘i ha feitu’u fale’i honau tu’asila ‘i he https://www.mauirecovers.org/water . Ki ha fakamatala lahi ange, https://www .

Ngaahi fakatonutonu ki he sevesi 'o e suá ki ha ngaahi konga kelekele pau

Na’e fakaha ‘e he Talekita ‘o e Potungaue Pule’i ‘o e ‘Atakai ‘o e Vahefonua (DEM) Shayne Agawa kuo fakatonutonu ‘e he Va’a Fakalelei’i ‘o e Vai ‘uli ‘a e Tu’unga ‘o e Sevesi ‘o e Vai ‘uli mei he “kulokula,” ‘a ia ‘oku ne fakahaa’i ‘oku ‘ikai ke lolotonga ‘i ai ha sevesi ‘o e ‘uli ‘oku lolotonga ngaue ‘i ha koloa, ki he “lanumata,” ‘a ia ‘oku ‘uhinga ‘oku ngaue ‘a e sevesi ‘o e ‘uli ki ha ‘elia ‘oku hoko atu ‘i he:

• Sune 7, 2024: Ngaahi konga kelekele ʻe nima ofi ki he Baby Beach ʻi he tafaʻaki ʻo e Feituʻu Kai Pali: ʻĒlia makai ʻo e Halalahi Honoapiʻilani, ʻi he tokelau ʻo e Hala Kapunakea kau ai ʻa e ngaahi konga kelekele ʻi he Feituʻu ʻOlona, Hala Hoapili, Hala Huea, Hala Keao, mo e Hala Muʻa.
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• Mē 24, 2024 (naʻe fai ʻa e fakafoʻou ko ʻení kimuʻa lolotonga ʻa e Webinar ʻa e Kau Maʻu ʻApí ʻa ia naʻe fakahoko ʻi he ʻaho 30 ʻo Mē, 2024): ʻĒlia ʻi he fakatokelau ʻo e Hala Lahainaluna ʻo kau ai ʻa e ngaahi konga kelekele ʻi he Hala Kahena, Hala Kalena, Hala Kahako, Hala Kaʻakepa, Hala Kaʻakolu Pʻcela, mo e Hala Kaʻakolu. Ko e parcel 'e taha mei he Hala Kupuohi. Ko e feitu'u 'i Kapunakea kau ai 'a e ngaahi konga kelekele 'i he Hala 'Ainakea, Hala Kahoma, Feitu'u Nahale, mo e Feitu'u Hiki.
  

Naʻe maumauʻi ha ngaahi langa fakalakalaka ʻe niʻihi ʻo e vai ʻulí lolotonga ʻa e velá, ʻa ia naʻe motuhi ai ʻa e sevesi ʻo e vai ʻulí ki ha ngaahi koloa lahi ʻi he ngaahi feituʻu naʻe uesia ʻe he afí. Ke fakapapau'i pe 'oku uesia 'a e sevesi ki he vai 'uli, 'a'ahi ki he https://www.mauirecovers.org/vai 'uli pea fakahu 'a e tu'asila.

Kātaki ʻo fakatokangaʻi ange, mahalo naʻe liliu ha ngaahi feituʻu mei he “kulokula” ki he “hina” ʻi he mape ko ʻení, ʻuhinga ia kuo ʻiloʻi ʻa e ngaahi feituʻu ko iá ʻoku ʻikai ko ha konga kelekele ʻoku ʻi ai ha ʻaá; pe mei he “hina” ki he “lanu pulu maama,” ʻa ia ko hono ʻuhingá kuo ʻiloʻi ʻa e ngaahi feituʻú ʻoku ʻikai ke ʻi ai ha sevesi ʻo e ʻuhila ʻo e Vahefonuá. ‘Oku fakahaa’i pau ‘e he fakafo’ou ‘a e Vahenga Houselots ‘o Wahikuli ‘oku ‘ikai ke hoko ia ko ha feitu’u ‘oku ‘i ai ‘a e vai ‘a e Vahefonua ‘i he lolotonga ni.

‘Oku ‘amanaki ‘a e DEM ke hokohoko atu hono fakatonutonu ‘o e ngaahi feitu’u ‘i Lahaina na’e uesia ‘e he vela ‘o e vao ‘o ‘Aokosi 2023 ‘i he ngaahi uike mo e ngaahi mahina ka hoko mai. Kapau ‘oku ‘i ai ha’o fehu’i fekau’aki mo ho’o tu’unga ‘o e sewer, kataki ‘o telefoni ki he Va’a Fakalelei’i ‘o e Vai ‘uli ‘i he (808) 270-7417.

Ko e hū ki he ʻĒlia Fakatamaki ʻo Lahaina

Naʻe fakahā ʻe he Potungāue Puleʻi Fakavavevave ʻo Maui (MEMA) kuo nau toe fakaava ʻenau fuofua sone ʻo e ʻĒlia Fakatamaki ʻo Lahaina ʻi he Hala Komo Mai ʻi he taimi 8 pongipongi ʻo e ʻaho 12 ʻo Suné, pea kuo hiki hake ʻa e feituʻu sivi ʻi he Hala Keawe ki he Hala Lui. Ko Komo Mai 'oku 'ikai ko ha hala 'oku fou atu he taimi ni he 'oku faka'osi ia 'i he ngaahi feitu'u fakangatangata. ‘Oku ‘ikai fiema’u ‘e he kakai ‘o e fonua mo e kau konituleki ha paasi me’alele ke nau hu ki he feitu’u ni.

Fokotu'u 'o e ngaahi saileni fakataimi 'e tolu .

Naʻe fakahā ʻe Everett Balmores ʻo e MEMA naʻe fengāueʻaki ʻa e kau ngāue ʻo e MEMA mo e HI-EMA mo e Kautaha Fakaʻilonga Fakafederal ke fakahoko mo fakahoko ʻa e ngaahi saileni fakatokanga feʻaveʻaki ʻe tolu ʻi tuʻa ʻi Lahaina. ʻOku tuʻu ʻa e ngaahi saileni ʻi he: Kalapu Tamaiki Tangata mo e Tamaiki Fefine; Paʻake Mauka ʻo Kelauá; pea ofi ki he Pamu Vai Veve 3 ‘oku ofi ki he Pa’ake Wahikuli Terrace.

EPA inu vai sipinga fakafo'ou 'o e misiona

Naʻe fakahā ʻe he ʻEikitau ʻo e EPA ki he Ngaahi Meʻa Fakatuʻutāmakí ko Dawn Ison naʻe toki fakakakato ʻe he EPA ʻa e sipinga ʻo e vai inu ʻi he ngaahi feituʻu naʻe uesia ʻe he vela ʻo e vaotaá ʻi Lahaina, ʻa ia ko ha sitepu mahuʻinga ia ʻi hono tokoniʻi ʻo e Vahefonuá ke fakafoki ʻa e ngaahi ngāue vai inu ki he komiunitií. Na’e kau ai ‘a e sipinga ‘o e ngaahi laine tafa’aki ‘e 1,306 mo e ngaahi vai ‘e 135. ‘Oku ngaue’aki ‘e he Vahefonua ‘a e ngaahi fakamatala mei he ola ‘o e sipinga ke sivi’i pe ‘oku taau ke fakatonutonu ‘a e Ngaahi Fakahinohino ki he Vai ‘Oku ‘Ikai Malu.

Kapau 'e 'ilo'i 'a e 'uli pe kapau 'oku fu'u maumau ha lateral ke sipinga, 'e fakamavahe'i 'a e laine mei he laine tufaki'anga koloa tefito pea faka'ilonga'i ke fetongi 'i he kaha'u. ‘I he ‘aneafi, kuo ‘osi clear ‘a e laterals ‘e 441, kuo ‘osi fakamavahe’i ‘a e toko 457, ‘oku kei tatali ‘a e toko 178 ke fakamavahe’i, ‘oku lolotonga toloi ‘a e toko 79 ki he Vahefonua, pea ‘oku kei tatali ‘a e EPA ki he ola ‘o e ngaahi sipinga ‘e 151.

Ngaahi ma'u'anga tokoni ki hono sivi'i 'o e cesspool 'o Wahikuli

Naʻe fakahā ʻe he Tokotaha Fakatonutonu/Faleʻi ki he Fakaakeake ʻo e Vela ʻi Maui ʻa e EPA ko Sebastian Rodriguez kuo maʻu ʻe he EPA ha paʻanga pea ʻe ʻoatu ʻa e ngaahi ngāue sivi ʻo fakafou ʻi ha kautaha aleapau fakalotofonua ki he ngaahi ʻapi ʻoku ngāueʻaki ʻe he ngaahi cesspool ʻi he Vahenga ʻo e Ngaahi Fale ʻo Wahikuli.

Ko e polokalama ko eni ‘oku fakataumu’a ia ke tokoni ki he kau ma’u ‘api ke fakafiemalie’i ‘a e Fakahinohino ‘a e Potungaue Mo’ui ‘a Hauai’i ‘i he ‘aho 19 ‘o Ma’asi ki hono Ngaue’aki ‘o e Cesspool ‘oku lolotonga ‘i Wahikuli; ‘oku ne ‘omai ha fili ta’etotongi ki he kau ma’u ‘api ‘oku nau fiema’u ke nau muimui ki he fakahinohino ‘o e ‘aho 19 ‘o Ma’asi ‘o kapau ‘oku taau; pea ʻoku loto fiemālie ʻa e polokalamá—ʻe lava ke mavahe ʻa e kau maʻu ʻapí mei he polokalamá ʻi ha taimi pē.

Ko e kau ma’u ‘api ‘oku nau fie ma’u ‘e fiema’u ke fakafonu ha foomu totonu ke hū ‘o foaki ki he EPA mo ‘ene kau konituleki ‘a e hū ki he’enau koloa ke fakakakato ‘a e sivi. Ki ha fakamatala lahi ange, pea ke kumi ‘a e ngaahi foomu totonu, ‘a’ahi ki he https://www.mauirecovers.org/wastewater ‘i he ‘ulu’i tohi “‍Ngaahi Ma’u’anga Tokoni ki he Ngaahi Sivi ‘o e Ngaahi Fale ‘o e Vahefonua Wahikuli.” Ko e kau ma’u koloa ‘oku ‘i ai ‘enau ngaahi cesspool ‘i Wahikuli ‘oku ‘ikai ke nau fie kau ki he polokalama ‘oku totonu ke nau fetu’utaki ki ha ‘enisinia/palama kuo laiseni, ‘o fakatatau ki he fakahinohino ‘o e ‘aho 19 ‘o Ma’asi, ‘i he’enau fakamole.