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Posted: Monday, February 15th, 2010 11:05 AM HST
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Water haulers busy delivering water on Big Island
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PAHOA, Hawaii (AP) — Water haulers are keeping busy on the Big Island as a drought forces some residents to have water delivered to their homes.
With about one out of three homes on the island on rainwater catchment, some homeowners from the Hamakua coast to Puna have been relying on water companies to have water hauled to homes.
Residents pay about $130 to have an order of 4,000 gallons delivered.
Homeowners have grown impatient, while the haulers say they're working long days to try to fill all their orders.
Some residents are filling up their own water tanks and bringing them home in their trucks or trunks of their cars.
Recent rains in the area have helped a bit, reducing waiting period for a water delivery from three days to one.
(Copyright 2010 Associated Press. All rights reserved)
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