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The ASPA Operations building in Tafuna
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Revenue projection for utility rates for the American Samoa Power Authority (ASPA) FY 2020 budget proposal is based on the assumption that — among other things — the authority’s board of directors will approve a base rate hike effective next month, collecting just over $...
The ASPA Operations building in Tafuna
 Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA —  Acting Executive Director of the American Samoa Power Authority (ASPA) Wallon Young says the island wide blackout that affected the territory this past Sunday evening was due to a lightning surge that struck the main switchboard at the ASPA Tafuna power plant around 10...
ASPA crew with huge tree stump
A five-member ASPA crew spent about 5 hours yesterday morning cutting large tree branches in Fagatogo behind the Samoa News building. The branches are remnants of a minor landslide early this year in March. A tree trunk that was removed from the hillside is seen at the right of the photo. Malo lava...
(l-r) Manager of the ASPA Environmental Services Division William Spitzenberg, with Matamua Katrina Mariner and Helen Pulou
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Matamua Katrina Mariner was presented the 2019 Young Water Professional (YWP) Award at the 12th Pacific Water and Wastewater Association (PWWA) Conference and Expo in Port Vila, Vanuatu. Themed: “Smart Island Water”, this marks the second year in a row that an ASPA...
Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A brief summary update of the American Samoa Power Authority, the importance of the Administration’s Adopt-a-School Program, and timely submission of paperwork for contract workers were among the issues discussed at last Thursday’s cabinet meeting at the Su’igaula o le...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The American Samoa Power Authority continues to repair and/or replace non-working streetlights, with two more orders being placed, while many local residents complain about streetlights not working in their areas. Following concerns from Tualauta residents, Rep. Larry...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The American Samoa Power Authority is putting in reverse osmosis stations as a temporary fix for the high salinity content of water supply for eastern district households. The long-range plan is to drill five wells on the eastern side of Tutuila and the first one has...
emporary fix -with gravel and cinder - filling the now gone large potholes on the Cardinal Pio Road
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Around 8:30a.m. last Friday, a crew from Paramount Builders, Inc. made a temporary fix on the Cardinal Pio Road, one of the side roads heading to Fatuoaiga, and frequently used by residents and others. Paramount Builders is the American Samoa Power Authority (ASPA)...
Fagaima flooding
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The American Samoa government is looking at federal funding under a hazard mitigation grant program to address drainage problems at Fagaima after Tropical Storm Gita. The Fagaima area is one of the most hard-hit parts of the territory during heavy rain and it was only...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The American Samoa Power Authority is sending samples of brown-colored water being pumped from water wells at Tafuna for testing off island. The samples are from two high producing water wells which ASPA shut down after they produced dirty water following recent heavy...

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