HONOLULU (KHON2) — 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.
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There are roughly 11,000 cesspools on Oahu with the highest priority areas stretching from Mokuleia to Kaaawa. According to officials these Priority 1 cesspools have the greatest potential to impact human health and are across from natural resources like reefs and drinking aquifers.
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“It’s polluting the ocean, people are getting sick from skin infections and gastroenteritis from the pollution that gets into the water, and it’s also bad for the coral reefs,” explained Ted Bohlen, retired deputy attorney general for the state Dept. of Health’s Clean Water and Safe Drinking Water Branches. He also served on the state’s Cesspool Conversion Working Group from 2018 to 2022…