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ASPA power and water update

This is the scene along the Nu’uuli/Airport road where fallen banana trees along with large broken branches from trees sit on top of electric wires last Saturday morning. There were similar scenes at other areas of Tutuila impacted by Tropical Storm Gita. [photo: FS]
Source: ASPA website

Here is the 6pm (Sunday, Feb. 11th, 2018) update for each area:

SUMMARY:
65% of Power Customers now have power
85% of Water Customers now have water (some with low pressure)

POWER:
Satala Feeders:
F-4 - Satala plant to shipyard.
F-8 - Satala power plant to LBJ hospital
SK - StarKist
STP - Samoa Tuna Processing
F-1 - Satala plant to Amouli
F-3 - Satala plant to Fagatogo
Tafuna Feeders:
F-6 - Tafuna plant to Tafeta (mainline) and select customers that were safe to energize
F-9 - Tafuna plant to Fogagogo (mainline) and select customers that were safe to energize (ODAPM, Pacific Mini Mart, Cost U Less, KS Mart,
others)
F-10 - Up to Auma (mainline) and select customers that were safe to energize
F-7 - Tafuna plant to Ottoville (mainline) and select customers that were safe to energize (Assembly Bible School, Tradewinds, Homeland
Security, LDS Chapel, others)
F-5 - Tafuna plant to Fagaalu (mainline) and select customers that were safe to energize (gas station, CBT, Laufou, Hong Kong/Mama's Kitchen, Fagaalu Sewer Lift Station, others)
Feeders that are still off:
None. All feeders are on now (mainline only) with select customers that are safe to energize.
 

Facilities operating on Standby Generators:
Masefau Water Wells
Fogagogo WW Plant
Coconut Pt 1 WW Lift Station

Restoration Plan:

ASPA is working to repair primary lines first and energize customers
that are safe to energize.

Lateral, tap lines and service drops will follow.

Priority facilities include:

Water pump and booster stations. (80% are on now)
Hospitals and heath centers. (All on now)
Airport (On now)
Business areas
Supermarkets and shops.
Gas-stations.

Caution: Treat all telephone and power lines as live at all times.

WATER:

Areas with Water now:
- Tafuna to Canneries has water with low pressure
- Iliili to Tafuna has water with good pressure
- Pavaiai to Futiga has water with good pressure
- Futiga to Leone has water with good pressure
- Leone to Amanave has water with low pressure
- Vailoa to Taputimu has water with good pressure
- Parts of Vaitogi are online with low pressure
- Masefau Village with low pressure
- Pavaiai to Mapusaga Fou (Duke Purcell) low pressure
- Afono Village good pressure
- Pago to Aumi low pressure
- Aunuu with good pressure (No Power to RO Unit)
- All Manua areas with good pressure

Areas to come online later today:
- Aumi to Alofau
- Tafeta to Aoloau
- Fagasa Village

Other areas will follow and more details will be available once crews
are able to do an assessment of these areas.

WASTEWATER:
- Airport Lift Station on ASPA power grid now
- Coconut Pt 1 on Generator
- Papa Lift Stations on ASPA power grid
- Sagamea Lift Stations on power grid
- Andy Lift Stations & Coconut Pts 2 & 3 lift stations are off grid
- Fogagogo plant is on Generator

Honey wagon services available to the public if needed. Call ASPA
Customer Service.

MANUA:
- All water is on.
- Power is on to all areas except for parts of Olosega due to a down transformer

AUNUU:
- All water and power customers are on now.
- Bluesky and RO Building are not energized yet due to down primary
and transformer.