01-14-2018, 06:59 AM
No matter what the feelings are about cesspools vs. septic, it is a Federal mandate due to the Clean Water Act, which went to voting status and won by the majority of the public. The State Health Department has no choice but to enforce what was voted on.
It is unfortunate that the unpermitted cesspools will still be there and the burden of the cost passed onto the homeowner, and be glad if you are far enough up mauka that you do not need an engineered pressure dose system, which is a septic/holding tank with pump, sand filter, and leach field. The pump is on a timer, and disperses "treated" sewage in a specified amount to the leach field for absorption into the earth.
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It is unfortunate that the unpermitted cesspools will still be there and the burden of the cost passed onto the homeowner, and be glad if you are far enough up mauka that you do not need an engineered pressure dose system, which is a septic/holding tank with pump, sand filter, and leach field. The pump is on a timer, and disperses "treated" sewage in a specified amount to the leach field for absorption into the earth.
Community begins with Aloha