Author: Aimee Schriber

Maui DWS has to be absolutely sure that the water is safe to drink before lifting the Do-Not-Use advisories. They began testing as soon as possible and will likely need to test each of their sampling locations multiple times before…

Yes, the University of Hawaiʻi Water Resources Research Center (UH-WRRC) is partnering with teams at UH Maui College to set up a home tap-water sampling program, which will provide free non-regulatory water quality testing to residents in affected areas. Please…

Yes, the Department of Water Supply (DWS) in conjunction with the Hawaiʻi Department of Health is conducting regulatory testing to understand if the water system is safe or not. However, this process takes time. We appreciate your patience as we…

The most reliable data we have comes from research carried out on similar major urban-wildfire incidents, like the Camp Fire in California. In previous studies of wildfires, the harmful substances detected in water systems typically belong to two groups: Volatile…

Wildfires have the potential to harm drinking water systems, building plumbing, catchment systems, and private drinking water wells, rendering them unsafe. Chemical contamination can happen both from smoke, ash, and foreign matter directly entering the water system at breaks, as…