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http://www.westhawaiitoday.com/news/loca...-cesspools
http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session201...B1244_.HTM
Note that HRS 236-16.5(j)(3) would be amended to define "qualified cesspool" to include any which are "shown to impact drinking water supplies or recreational waters".
San Buenaventura was one of the introducers.
As usual, it's all "stick" no "carrot" -- we really need DoH to give us a list of "type-approved" composting toilets.
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Not worried (unless I live to be 100).
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This is just to appease the EPA !!
It may not work ! jmo
Had to reply to my own post to explain.
The EPA has been putting pressure on the state to do something about the cesspools.So the state finally did something.
I don't think the EPA will allow the state of Hawaii to wait 33 years before making everyone upgrade.
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Me too Makuu222. I think this will be my kid's chore.
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quote:
Originally posted by Obie
This is just to appease the EPA !!
It may not work ! jmo
Afraid I have to disagree with you on that. Survey sampling of Paradise Park wells shows that makai wells are already contaminated with wastewater from upslope. As the island population continues to expand and move mauka from population centers, the contamination of existing and new drinking water sources is going to increase.
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I have to disagree
I think Obie "The Man (& Woman?) Of A Thousand Voices" was doing one of his impressions. If you scroll back 50 years or so you'll see he does a dead ringer post in the style of Nixon. Hilarious! In retrospect anyway, now that we've lived through it.
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"A cesspool, Kucharski said, is essentially a hole in the ground, with solids and liquids leaching slowly into the soil. A septic system retains solids and must be emptied from time to time, but liquids still leach into the soil."
We don't have soil.
Owners of private property will be able to request state exemptions to the new requirement if it’s signed into law by the governor. Potential exemptions include small lot size, poor soil, steep location and accessibility.
Oh, okay.
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Afraid I have to disagree with you on that. Survey sampling of Paradise Park wells shows that makai wells are already contaminated with wastewater from upslope.
That is true and those of us w/wells have been instructed to make sure we use filters. That still doesn't give me a lot of confidence.
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Filters won't take care of it, you need u.v.
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Paniolo rule number one: "Never drink water downstream from the herd".
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