01-20-2017, 02:46 PM
In most Puna cesspools, dug out of rock with no soil, the sewage falls into the cavern that was excavated, the liquid drains away, and the solids are eaten by the critters that live down there. I examined our cesspool both visually and also with a night vision camera at the end of a 10' pole and it looked brand new and empty. It's at least 10 years old. The cockroaches were reflecting the IR beam that was providing the illumination for the night vision. Trying to count them would have been like trying to count the grains of sand on a beach, or the stars in the night sky. When the liquids are allowed to drain away the remainder must be a cockroach buffet, because if the roaches aren't the ones keeping the cesspool looking brand new, I don't know who is.