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Kaha/ADC brief commission on storage shortfalls and infrastructure needs for COA irrigation system
Summary
Kaha Agricultural Association and ADC briefed the commission on the COA ditch system’s depleted storage (current functional reservoirs ~15–16 million gallons vs. historical upper-reservoir capacity), priority repairs (Puʻula outlet gate), pressurized piping, and funding requests after the KIC energy project stalled.
Representatives of the Kaha Agricultural Association and Alexander & Baldwin/ADC told the Water Resource Management Commission that repairs and modernization are needed to restore storage and reliable irrigation for agricultural and homestead uses on the COA system. The briefing was informational; no formal commission action was requested.
KA/ADC presenters described the system’s current operational limits: lower reservoirs and day‑use storage total roughly 15–16 million gallons of usable capacity today, a large decline from historical upper‑reservoir capacity that previously exceeded tens of millions of gallons.…
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