Papaikou well offline; residents asked to conserve

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Hawaii County’s Department of Water Supply is asking Papaikou residents to conserve water after a well went offline.

Daily water usage should be reduced by 10 percent, the department said in a press release.

Timeline for repairs, along with the cause of the well failure, were unknown Thursday.