STATE DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES / 2015 A partially exposed cinder-block cesspool pit with a cover on an eroding shoreline in Punaluu. Hawaii has 83, 000 cesspools, more than any other ...
HONOLULU (KHON2) — Multiple state agencies estimate there are over 80,000 cesspools statewide and experts believe it contributes to about 52 million gallons of raw sewage into the environment every ...
A cesspool virtual Zoom town hall meeting has been announced Thursday, May 30, from 5:30 to 7 p.m., according to Council Chair Alice Lee. “Many cesspools in Central Maui are classified as high ...
HONOLULU (KITV4) -- When you flush the toilet, you may not think about where your waste goes, as most of the time it ends up at county wastewater plants - where it is treated. But for 83,000 homes ...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has fined the owner and operator of a Hawaii island storage facility $130,000 for operating an illegal cesspool. The EPA has also ordered Kaloko Storage 18 LLC ...
A former Hawaii lawmaker was sentenced Thursday to two years in prison in a federal corruption case that’s drawn attention to a perennial problem in the islands: the tens of thousands of cesspools ...
HONOLULU — The town of Hau‘ula packs hundreds of homes into a narrow strip of land sandwiched between verdant, towering cliffs of the Ko‘olau mountain range and the Pacific. But the stunning views ...
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - The state Legislature is considering a new fee on cesspools as part of a plan to end massive sewage leaks into the ground and ocean. Lawmakers fear a looming ban on ...
No, this is not the sexiest subject around, but something a lot of folks don’t know. If you’re a homeowner in Monte Rio, Rio Nido, Forestville or other parts of west county, you might still have an ...