Column: Rare opportunity to convert cesspools
Apr 29, 2022
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Hawaii has more than 88,000 cesspools, and these substandard sanitation systems discharge 53 million gallons of untreated sewage into the ground and our groundwater every single day. Whether you have a cesspool or not, this sewage pollution hurts all of us by posing threats to drinking water, human health, our environment and our economy (including tourism).
A recent Honolulu Star-Advertiser guest column by Stuart Coleman, executive director of WAI Org Inc. and a member of the state’s Cesspool Conversion Working Group, urges Hawaii to seize a once-in-a-generation opportunity for the state to access federal funding to assist homeowners with the costs of converting these substandard systems.