cesspools

The head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Region 9 Office covering the West Coast and the Pacific is on the Big Island, making her first visit to Maunakea. Martha Guzman is also trying to get the word out about new federal money to get people off of cesspool systems.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency fined the state Department of Land and Natural Resources more than $100,000 for an illegal large-capacity cesspool. The EPA banned cesspools in 2005 because of their potential to pollute water sources.

Hawaiʻi is facing a major challenge of moving nearly 90,000 homes off septic tanks and onto more environmentally friendly alternatives. The Conversation spoke with Executive Director Stuart Coleman to learn more.

Four years ago, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that Kamehameha Schools had agreed to begin an audit of some 3,000 properties to determine which still had cesspools. The Conversation talked to Marissa Harman, director of asset management for Kamehameha Schools about where they are in the process.

The Environmental Protection Agency is cracking down on illegal large capacity cesspools across the state. Hawaiʻi has nearly 90,000 cesspool systems, most of which serve single-family homes. But a small number of them are large capacity cesspools, meaning they serve 20 or more people.

Crackdown on violators of federal cesspool law is back in full force; Hawaii residents fail to adequately save for retirement; public libraries ramp up services as pandemic restrictions relax; and a local band garners coveted invite to the SXSW music festival in Texas

The future of cesspool legislation is again in question as two former lawmakers are charged with public corruption; Washington Place gets ready to open its doors again to visitors; Local surfer Moana Jones Wong talks about her connection to the ocean

HONOLULU — The Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources has been fined nearly $222,000 for operating seven large-capacity cesspools on Kauai…

LIHUE, Hawaii — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency plans to close 16 large capacity cesspools on Kauai as part of an ongoing effort to protect…

Hawai’i homes with cesspools must be upgraded by 2050.But, a State Environmental Council Committee is calling for more scientific evidence to drive this…