The Big Island’s new mayor says there’s no way Hawaiʻi can meet its 2050 deadline for converting the state’s 83,000 cesspools to septic tanks. Since his island is home to well over half of those cesspools, Mayor Kimo Alameda’s perspective carries weight in the debate over the 2017 law. “It’s an unfunded state mandate and … Continue reading Big Island Mayor Says State Won’t Meet 2050 Deadline To Wipe Out Cesspools