When the Waimea River is full to bursting, a wave can be created just by moving a bit of sand. Jamie O'Brien and Koa Smith surfed that wave at its biggest.
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The long-delayed Waimea Dam in the Tasman District is not finished nor full, but local residents and growers are likely to need water from it in the dry months ahead.
Kauai’s nonprofit electric utility recently announced that part of its West Kauai Energy Project with developer and operator AES Corp. has been canceled, and that it is uncertain whether the remainder of the overall $250 million project remains financially feasible.