Hawaii plans to eliminate cesspools, and although that’s a big task, Wastewater Alternatives & Innovations sees this as a way to jump far ahead in the use of onsite technology. The organization put together a $30,000 system on the island of Kauai that uses a Cinderella incineration toilet from Norway to handle human waste, a small septic system for kitchen blackwater (graywater), and a mulch basin and seepage pit to treat bathroom graywater.
Stuart Coleman is executive director and co-founder of WAI, and is also a member of the state working group figuring out how to replace all those cesspools. The
