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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 />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 />