06/11/23 – DIAMOND HEAD STATE MONUMENT CLOSED TODAY AFTER WATER DISRUPTION

JOSH GREEN, M.D. GOVERNOR DAWN CHANG CHAIRPERSON For Immediate Release:  June 11, 2023 DIAMOND HEAD STATE MONUMENT CLOSED TODAY AFTER WATER DISRUPTION To view video please click on photo or view at this link: https://vimeo.com/835287977 (HONOLULU) – The popular Diamond Head State Monument on O‘ahu was cleared at mid-day after the park’s water system had to be shut down. Matt McConnell, the park’s interpretive center manager said at opening this morning there was not an obvious water problem, but by 8:00 a.m. there was no water flowing into the park. “That meant no restrooms, no ability for visitors to wash their hands, no bottle filling stations, and no drinking fountains. For everyone’s health and safety we had to close the park,” McConnell said. Assistant Administrator Alan Carpenter, of the DLNR Division of State Parks said hundreds of people had to be turned away, many with reservations. “The problem was isolated to a backflow preventer that appears to have been tampered with. On June 4 a concerned citizen provided DLNR with photos showing a water hose being used to siphon water into an encampment of houseless individuals on the lower slopes of Diamond Head,” Carpenter explained. DSP personnel removed the hoses
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