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 ...

Hawaii typically evokes visions of sandy beaches caressed by, for the most part, clean and clear Pacific waters. But in some ...

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

The state's seven year old septic system reimbursement program has proved inaccessible for some lakeside communities in ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The $228 million plant is in addition to $1 billion in sewer infrastructure projects planned in Suffolk in the next three years, County Executive Edward P. Romaine said.

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.

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 ...