07-11-2023, 06:19 AM
Another interesting Civil Beat article on Hawaii cesspools:
Hawaii's Cesspool Crisis Has A Long History. It's Not Over Yet - Honolulu Civil Beat
"The incident in 1948 when people were warned to stop fishing in Hilo Bay because of overflowing cesspools leaking into the harbor."
"In 1982, officials closed Hanauma Bay for nearly a week because of problems with an overflowing cesspool system at the park — an issue that city employees had apparently known about for years.'
"Four decades after the first serious efforts to eliminate cesspools in the state began, the state is still working to keep cesspool sewage out of Hawaii’s drinking water and away from its beaches."
"In 1976, 95% of people living on the Big Island relied on cesspools, the Hawaii Tribune-Herald reported."
"“Many individuals now whine and cry over the recent crackdown by the EPA over the thousands of illegal cesspools in Hawaii,” a reader wrote the Hawaii Tribune-Herald in 2005. “Come off it, people. A cesspool is a disgusting pile of human waste polluting ground water and the ocean … There is nothing you can say to justify continuing to operate one of these.”"
"It wasn’t until 2016 that a statewide ban on new cesspools was signed into law. The move was opposed by nearly a dozen state lawmakers from neighbor islands because of the cost it would impose on property owners. A year later, the legislature passed a law requiring property owners in the state to replace their existing cesspools with better sewage technology by 2050."
I looked in the mirror and have seen my enemy!
Hawaii's Cesspool Crisis Has A Long History. It's Not Over Yet - Honolulu Civil Beat
"The incident in 1948 when people were warned to stop fishing in Hilo Bay because of overflowing cesspools leaking into the harbor."
"In 1982, officials closed Hanauma Bay for nearly a week because of problems with an overflowing cesspool system at the park — an issue that city employees had apparently known about for years.'
"Four decades after the first serious efforts to eliminate cesspools in the state began, the state is still working to keep cesspool sewage out of Hawaii’s drinking water and away from its beaches."
"In 1976, 95% of people living on the Big Island relied on cesspools, the Hawaii Tribune-Herald reported."
"“Many individuals now whine and cry over the recent crackdown by the EPA over the thousands of illegal cesspools in Hawaii,” a reader wrote the Hawaii Tribune-Herald in 2005. “Come off it, people. A cesspool is a disgusting pile of human waste polluting ground water and the ocean … There is nothing you can say to justify continuing to operate one of these.”"
"It wasn’t until 2016 that a statewide ban on new cesspools was signed into law. The move was opposed by nearly a dozen state lawmakers from neighbor islands because of the cost it would impose on property owners. A year later, the legislature passed a law requiring property owners in the state to replace their existing cesspools with better sewage technology by 2050."
I looked in the mirror and have seen my enemy!