The shoreline advisory issued on Feb. 12 for the area between Lyman Bay (Mill Beach) and Waipahi Point has been lifted.

The advisory was put in place after a malfunction of the disinfection system at the Pāpa’ikou Wastewater Treatment Plant resulted in the discharge of up to 98,300 gallons of fully treated, insufficiently disinfected, wastewater via the facility’s existing outfall, which is located at the shoreline.

Subsequent water quality sampling and laboratory analysis have confirmed that bacterial levels in the affected shoreline area are within acceptable State of Hawaiʻi Department of Health (DOH) standards. Based on these results, DOH has approved the removal of the Contaminated Water Warning Signs.

Swimming, fishing, and other shoreline activities may now resume in the area between Lyman Bay (Mill Beach) and Waipahi Point.