04-22-2011, 11:54 AM
quote:And what happens when they flush those toilets? This:
Originally posted by leilaniguy
No, what I was saying is the problem is not caused by residents of The Beachlots. They HAVE toilets. Of course nearly all the visitors are local, most tourists couldn't find the road in.
quote:http://www.co.hawaii.hi.us/env_mng/kapoh...er%202.pdf p. 24. If anything, people pooping in the bushes are less of a problem given that it's relatively dry; when carried by water from a homeowner's cesspool, it gets to the surface water in 20 minutes. That dye test was done in the 80's, but go on to the next couple of pages and you'll find tables of recent bacterial counts showing nothing has changed since then.
Tracer dye tests conducted at two Kapoho Beach Lot residences demonstrated that movement of wastewater from toilet to cesspool to coastal waters was very rapid (about 20 minutes) due to the permeability of lava strata.
If you think Kapoho's sewage problems all either in the past or due to thoughtless visitors, you're in serious denial.