Carbon replacement causes discharge from water tanks

By June Watanabe

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Oct 24, 2012

~~Question: Can you help with a problem of water being discharged by the Board of Water Supply? Discharge occurs almost daily from the Waialua water tank. This has been occurring for years and at times is enough to fill a 16-inch pipe. I have been calling and writing the BWS for years and not been able to get any meaningful response. I was told for two years that they were not discharging any water. When they finally admitted that they are discharging water, I was told that they were flushing the filters and they have an easement to discharge water. This water is discharged directly onto the ground, where it erodes its way down to Helemano Stream, depositing mud into the stream. If it is necessary to discharge this much water, there should be a drainage system to control the erosion.
After a year of hauling and shoveling gravel, I have managed to reduce the amount of mud going into the stream, but it is an ongoing battle.
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Question: Can you help with a problem of water being discharged by the Board of Water Supply? Discharge occurs almost daily from the Waialua water tank. This has been occurring for years and at times is enough to fill a 16-inch pipe. I have been calling and writing the BWS for years and not been able to get any meaningful response. I was told for two years that they were not discharging any water. When they finally admitted that they are discharging water, I was told that they were flushing the filters and they have an easement to discharge water. This water is discharged directly onto the ground, where it erodes its way down to Helemano Stream, depositing mud into the stream. If it is necessary to discharge this much water, there should be a drainage system to control the erosion.

After a year of hauling and shoveling gravel, I have managed to reduce the amount of mud going into the stream, but it is an ongoing battle. Login for more...