{"id":27432,"date":"2022-09-20T13:35:21","date_gmt":"2022-09-20T23:35:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bigislandthieves.com\/?p=27432"},"modified":"2022-09-20T13:35:24","modified_gmt":"2022-09-20T23:35:24","slug":"community-meeting-scheduled-for-thursday-on-upolu-well-improvements-project-in-north-kohala","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigislandthieves.com\/community-meeting-scheduled-for-thursday-on-upolu-well-improvements-project-in-north-kohala\/","title":{"rendered":"Community Meeting Scheduled for Thursday on Upolu Well Improvements Project in North Kohala"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-medium\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"167\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bigislandthieves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/e6idXt0Y.png?resize=300%2C167&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27434\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bigislandthieves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/e6idXt0Y.png?resize=300%2C167&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bigislandthieves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/e6idXt0Y.png?resize=768%2C428&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bigislandthieves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/e6idXt0Y.png?resize=585%2C326&amp;ssl=1 585w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bigislandthieves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/e6idXt0Y.png?w=955&amp;ssl=1 955w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>The Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) Engineering Division is partnering with the Department of Agriculture (HDOA) and Hawai\u2018i State Senator Lorraine Inouye (District 4 \u2013 Hilo, H\u0101m\u0101kua, Kohala, Waimea, Waik\u014dloa, Kona) to host a community meeting on the Upolu Well Improvements project in North Kohala on Hawai\u2018i Island.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>DLNR Engineers and consultants are currently in the planning and design phase of the project, working on improvements to develop the existing Upolu monitoring well to a production well that can provide water for agriculture to the adjacent area of North Kohala.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The general scope of construction will include installing a pump in the well, building a storage tank to store the well water and fitting pipes to send the pumped well water into the storage tank and out for distribution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This informational meeting is an opportunity to provide a project overview and solicit community input. The project funding was appropriated by the Hawai\u2018i State Legislature with the support of Senator Inouye for capital improvements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The meeting will take place from 4:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, September 29 at the Kohala Village Hub Barn in Hawi, Hawai\u2018i. For individuals requiring special assistance, auxiliary aids, or services, please contact Brandon Kim at <a href=\"mailto:brandon.j.kim@hawaii.gov\">brandon.j.kim@hawaii.gov<\/a> at least four days prior to the meeting so arrangements can be made<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"North Kohala Agriculture Water Study Clips (Aug. 16, 2017)\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/751414959?h=70db5326c0&amp;dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) Engineering Division is partnering with the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":27434,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[616],"tags":[228,1421],"class_list":["post-27432","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","tag-dlnr","tag-kohala"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bigislandthieves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/e6idXt0Y.png?fit=955%2C532&ssl=1","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigislandthieves.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27432","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigislandthieves.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigislandthieves.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigislandthieves.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigislandthieves.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27432"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bigislandthieves.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27432\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27435,"href":"https:\/\/bigislandthieves.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27432\/revisions\/27435"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigislandthieves.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27434"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigislandthieves.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27432"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigislandthieves.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27432"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigislandthieves.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27432"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}