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  • The Board of Water Supply brought a water tank to 1st Avenue to help customers affected by a water main break on Waialae Avenue this morning.

Board of Water Supply crews finished repairing three water main breaks in Aikahi and on opposite ends of Kapahulu Saturday.

Aikahi Loop reopened shortly after 4:15 p.m. Saturday after crews fixed a 12-inch main and damage to the road.

Police closed Aikahi Loop at Mokapu Road at about 5 a.m. after th water main break this morning.

About 200 customers along Old Mokapu Road lost water service, which was restored to all customers by 3:30 p.m.

Crews also finished repairs on two other water main breaks on opposite ends of the Kapahulu area.

A lane of Waialae Avenue between Kapahulu and 1st avenues reopened by 10:45 a.m. after crews replaced an 8-inch pipe. Service was restored  by 9:30 a.m. to 30 customers, including a low-rise apartment building, that had been without water since the break was reported at about 10:30 p.m. Friday night.  The main was originally installed in 1931.

Crews also reopened  the makai-bound lanes of Monsarrat Avenue between Campbell and Kanaina avenues by about noon after finishing repairs. Water service was restored at about  7 a.m. after a six-inch main, installed in 1928,  broke  at about  5:15 p.m. Friday.

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