A stream in the Waipio Valley on Hawaii’s Big Island is attracting attention.
– The water from this storm drain in Waipio sometimes gives off an overwhelming smell of fruit punch – other times it stinks of alcohol, says Hawaii News Nowreporter Rick Daysog in a TV feature.
– Contained alcohol
It was environmental activist Carroll Cox from Envirowatch Inc. who first noticed that something was not quite right with the water.
– The other day when we came here, it smelled like a pub that had not opened its doors in three or four days, she says to the local news channel.
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The news channel undertook to test the water at an independent laboratory, and the results that came back were startling:
– They found that the water contained as much as 1.2 percent alcohol. It also contained 0.4 percent sugar, Hawaii News Now reports.
– Can come from us
A kind of leak was therefore suspected at “Paradise Beverages”, which is the state’s largest distributor of spirits and other alcoholic beverages.
But they say they do not know what may have caused the leak.
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According to Operations Director Anthony Rowe, representatives from the Department of Transportation have arrived at the factory. He states that the Ministry of Health has also been contacted.
“It can come from us, and that’s why we’re working with the right authorities,” Rowe told Hawaii News Now.
– Stinky beer
Earlier this week, polluted water from a storm drain in the area is said to have flowed out, despite the fact that it had not rained for many days.
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The water flows into a stream that empties over a cliff, down into a gorge that is about 30 meters further down.
A hiker who was in the area last week is said to have told the news channel that it smelled of beer.
According to the Ministry of Health, the storm drain will no longer leak contaminated water.
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