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EPA Requires Hawai‘i County to Close Cesspools
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced an agreement with the County of Hawai‘i on June 22, 2017, to close seven large-capacity cesspools (LCCs) that serve the Pahala and Na‘alehu communities. The county will replace the cesspools with wastewater treatment systems approved by the Hawai‘i Department of Health. In a separate action, the EPA reached an […]