Farmers laud North Kohala well project
The state Department of Land and Natural Resources next month will commence a yearlong $5.7 million project to improve a well in North Kohala so it can be used for agricultural purposes once again.
After the Kohala Ditch — a century-old system of irrigation ditches and reservoirs used during the island’s sugar plantation era — was critically damaged during a 2021 landslide, area farmers have had no reliable water sources that could be feasibly used at an agricultural scale.
