HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - The state Legislature is considering a new fee on cesspools as part of a plan to end massive sewage leaks into the ground and ocean. Lawmakers fear a looming ban on ...

STATE DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES / 2015 A partially exposed cinder-block cesspool pit with a cover on an eroding shoreline in Punaluu. Hawaii has 83, 000 cesspools, more than any other ...

Upcountry has 7,400 cesspools that health officials deemed potential threats to drinking water, and a new state law requires residents to replace them with a septic tank or hook up to a sewer ...

Ann Esch is raising red flags about pending updates to Regulation 43, which could make cesspools illegal with the transfer of title to a property. Most likely, the transfer would occur with the ...

With cesspools, you'll have basically rapid movement of contaminants through the subsurface that cause an adverse effect at some distance – whether that's getting into a drinking water well ...

Some coastal erosion removes sand surrounding cesspools and pulls sewage out to sea. Dan Dennison / Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources photo via AP HONOLULU — The town of Hauula ...

Multiple state agencies estimate there are over 80,000 cesspools statewide and experts believe it contributes to about 52 million gallons of raw sewage into the environment every day.

All of her neighbors still have cesspools as well. City Council Member Matt Weyer introduced Bill 15 to offer grants to help motivate those homeowners to convert.

Hawaii has 83,000 cesspools, more than any other state. But cesspool conversion costs can reach tens of thousands of dollars, a situation Council staff asserts that many working families simply ...

Over two years, researchers traced the movement of wastewater and sewage from Keaukaha cesspools and the Hilo Wastewater Treatment Plant to the nearby shoreline. While they were able to confirm ...