The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Hawaii County have reached an agreement intended to correct an array of longstanding problems with aging, ill-maintained wastewater treatment plants on the Big Island. The administrative consent order took effect on March 26 with the signature of Amy Miller-Bowen, EPA enforcement and compliance assurance division director for Region 9. … Continue reading ‘Acute Problems’ Plaguing Big Island’s Wastewater Treatment Systems Prompt EPA Crackdown