Cesspool to Septic Conversion in Keaau, HI

Cesspool Conversion in Keaau

Hawaii has set a deadline for every cesspool in the state to be converted or closed, and nowhere does that land harder than East Hawaii, where whole subdivisions were built on cesspools drilled into the lava. A conversion means closing the pit and installing a permitted individual wastewater system in its place: typically a septic tank with a leach field or seepage bed, or an aerobic treatment unit where the lot is too small or too wet for a conventional field. We handle cesspool-to-septic conversions across Hilo, Puna and the Hamakua coast, from the site evaluation and the design that the Department of Health requires through the excavation, the tank and field installation, and the final inspection. Lava changes everything about this work. There is little or no soil, so most fields here are built on imported fill, and a lot that looks flat and easy may sit on a lava tube or on pahoehoe that will not break without a hammer. We look at your lot first, tell you which system actually fits it, and give you a real number before anything is dug.

Cesspool and septic service in Keaau

Keaau is the gateway to Puna, the town at the junction where Highway 11 climbs toward Volcano and Highway 130 drops toward Pahoa, and the place every Puna homeowner passes on the way to Hilo. The old plantation town center around Old Volcano Road and Keaau Village has a mix of camp-era houses and newer homes, the Shipman industrial park sits on the Hilo side, and the big subdivisions start right at the edge of town: Hawaiian Paradise Park makai, Orchidland and Ainaloa mauka and south. Keaau itself is largely unsewered; the older houses are on cesspools and the newer builds and the conversions are on septic. The land is young lava with a thin skin of soil in places and bare pahoehoe in others, and the rain is heavy enough that a cesspool near the bottom of a lot can take on groundwater after a storm. Because it is the hub, Keaau also sees a steady flow of first-time Big Island buyers who have never owned a cesspool and want to understand what they are getting into. We pump, inspect, convert and repair systems in and around Keaau every week. Tell us the street and what the system is doing, and we will give you an honest answer and a price before the truck rolls.

• Site evaluation and system recommendation for your lot and household
• Design and Department of Health permit handled for you
• Septic tank with leach field or seepage bed, or an aerobic treatment unit where needed
• Raised beds on imported fill for lots with no native soil
• Old cesspool pumped, closed and filled to code
• Final inspection and the paperwork a buyer or lender asks for

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