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. B . NO . <br /> STATE OF HAWAII • <br /> A BILL FOR AN ACT <br /> RELATING TO CESSPOOLS . <br /> BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII: <br /> 1 SECTION 1 . The legislature finds that the health of <br /> 2 Hawaii ' s people and quality of Hawaii ' s waters are being harmed <br /> 3 by pollution from cesspools . Hawaii has more than eighty <br /> 4 thousand cesspools that discharge about fifty million gallons of <br /> 5 wastewater into the State' s groundwater every day. Cesspools <br /> 6 are antiquated, substandard systems that damage public health; <br /> 7 pollute drinking water; and lower water quality in streams, <br /> 8 ground waters, nearshore marine areas, and the ocean. Cesspool <br /> 9 pollution also harms public recreation and the precious coral <br /> 10 reefs on which Hawaii ' s economy, shoreline, fisheries, and <br /> 11 native species depend. <br /> 12 The purpose of this Act is to implement various <br /> 13 recommendations of the working group established by Act 132, <br /> 14 Session Laws of Hawaii 2018, including: <br />