cesspools (again, still)

[randomq]

Instead of being reactionary and beholden to federal funding, Hawaii could be revolutionary and profitable. We need to adopt smarter standards.

[Obie]

Smarter standards ??

I'm nearly 71 years old !!

Are you going to stop by and empty my toilet into the compost pile ?

Forgot how old I was !

[kalakoa]

"Smarter standards" would put too many people out of work.

[Seeb]

It’s talking about less than 500ft from the water, so Kapoho?
Composting isn’t really a sanitary option because it requires a operator with a brain, and how many of them are there in Puna

[kalakoa]

http://www.westhawaiitoday.com/opinion/l...r-12-29-17

Politicians and bureaucrats need to get their heads out of the sewer pipe and implement cheaper, faster and cleaners way to deal with the cesspoop [sic] crisis. Composting toilets and graywater systems!

[randomq]

Certainly manual composting is not for everyone. Few solutions are. But on multi-acre ag land it should be an option.

The automated composting toilets are expensive but quite easy to use and much more fool-proof. I know someone who went to the county wanting to use one along with a grey water system. They said he would still need a septic system on account of the kitchen sink!

[Midnight Rambler]

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Originally posted by kalakoa

There is a $10K tax credit for certain "qualified" cesspool upgrades -- but this requires that the owner have money to pay for an upgrade in the first place.

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More significantly, it requires that you be "qualified" - close to the ocean or a water source. Most of Puna doesn't qualify.

[randomq]

If you have a million dollar home by the ocean, you qualify for the tax break. If you have a modest plot of land in the woods, you pay $10k or we'll fine you for living.

[SBH]

Politicians and bureaucrats need to get their heads out of the sewer pipe and implement cheaper, faster and cleaners way to deal with the cesspoop [sic] crisis.


They should also introduce a bill requiring all 50,000 wild boars in Puna to wear diapers to prevent that huge amount of additional effluent from going into our environment.

[kalakoa]

a $10K tax credit

Funny thing: the report esimates $20K/each to shutdown a cesspool and upgrade it to septic ... yet the septic tank itself is under $3K.

Admittedly there is some installation overhead, but I'm not seeing how "dig hole, connect pipe" is a $17K project -- I was quoted about $3K to dig a "regulation" cesspool, which is roughly the same amount of digging required to bury the septic tank.