Pipe break leads to plea to conserve water

The Honolulu Board of Water Supply is asking residents from Honokai Hale to Makaha to use water sparingly and only for priority needs until further notice, after a water main broke Saturday morning.

Priority needs include cooking, drinking and personal hygiene, officials said.

Board of Water Supply crews are repairing the 24-inch water main on Farrington Highway near Kahe Point.

The break, which was reported about 8:15 a.m., is on a transmission main that provides the Leeward Coast with about 60 percent of its water supply. The main is not in service as crews continue to make repairs.

It hasn’t been determined whether nearby homes have been affected by the break, but the Kahe Power Plant is without water, officials said.

While repair work was expected to continue through the night, the work was not affecting traffic, they said

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DLNR set to hold ‘listening sessions’ for Kauai residents

State Sen. Ronald Kouchi is hosting two "listening sessions" to enable senior officials from the Department of Land and Natural Resources to hear the concerns of people on Kauai.

Kouchi said Thursday the meetings are part of a series of listening sessions the department plans to conduct around the state.

Department Director William Aila and Deputy Directors Guy Kaulukukui and Bill Tam are expected to attend both Kauai meetings Saturday.

They’ll first go to Kauai’s north shore for a two-hour listening session at Kilauea Elementary School starting at 10:30 a.m. They’ll then head to Lihue for a second meeting from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. at the Kauai Veterans Center.

Summit will cover efforts to establish lunar training site

Ambitions to create a multinational research park on the moon will be discussed in November at a Hawaii island meeting of scientists, space agency representatives and entrepreneurs.

The 2011 International Lunar Research Park Leaders Summit is scheduled for Nov. 13-17 at the Hilton Waikoloa Village.

Space experts participating in the summit plan to discuss the potential costs, benefits and milestones required to develop a lunar research park prototype in Hawaii.

They’ll also analyze what it would take to establish a research park on the surface of the moon within a decade.

The meeting is being held by the state of Hawaii in collaboration with the Pacific International Space Center for Exploration Systems, the Pacific International Space Alliance, NASA and others.