Cesspool to Septic Conversion in Laupahoehoe, HI

Cesspool Conversion in Laupahoehoe

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 Laupahoehoe

Laupahoehoe is the northern edge of our service area, a former sugar town on Highway 19 about 25 miles up the Hamakua coast from Hilo, where the land runs out to Laupahoehoe Point, the old train museum sits by the highway, and Papaaloa and Ookala are the neighbors up and down the road. It is quiet, rural and spread out: camp houses in the old town, farm and ranch parcels across the former cane land, and homes along the bluffs with a long view of the ocean. There is no sewer here. The old houses are on cesspools from the plantation era, the farm homes and newer builds are on cesspools or septic, and the conversions are slowly adding to the septic side. The soil on this stretch of coast is deep and real over old lava, which makes a leach field more workable than in Puna, but the gulches are steep, the rain is heavy in winter, and the roads to some lots are long. Laupahoehoe is far enough from Hilo that not every company will make the drive for a single pump-out. We do, and we schedule the coast so the trip is worth it for everyone. Tell us where you are on the highway and what the system is doing, and we will quote it straight and give you a real time.

• 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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