Column: Strategy and funds needed to address isles’ cesspool crisis

When the Kona-low storms hit, they exposed Hawaii’s unique and urgent wastewater crisis. Over 88,000 active cesspools across the islands discharge more than 53 million gallons of untreated wastewater daily into our groundwater, streams and nearshore waters, according to the Hawaii Department of Health’s Wastewater Branch.

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