Cesspool & Septic Services in East Hawaii

Cesspool & Septic Services

We are a full-service cesspool and septic company for East Hawaii: Hilo town and the homes above it, the big Puna subdivisions from Keaau out to Pahoa and up to Volcano, and the Hamakua coast north to Laupahoehoe. Most homes on this side of the island are not on county sewer. Out here a house runs on a cesspool, a pit drilled or dug into the lava rock, or on a septic tank with a leach field or seepage bed, and either way that system needs to be pumped on a schedule and looked after. We pump cesspools and septic tanks, inspect systems for home sales, convert cesspools to septic ahead of the state deadline, install and repair septic systems, and answer the backup calls that cannot wait. You tell us roughly where the system is and what it is doing, and you get a straight answer and a real price. No upsell, no scare talk, just a crew that knows how wastewater behaves in lava rock and in 150 inches of rain a year.

Cesspool or septic, one phone call

A lot of East Hawaii homeowners do not know which one they have. A cesspool is a single pit, usually drilled into the lava, with no tank and no treatment; a septic system has a watertight tank that settles solids and a leach field or seepage bed that takes the liquid. We service both. If you are not sure what is in your yard, tell us the age of the house and the subdivision and we will usually know before we arrive, and we will confirm it when the lid is off.

Built for lava rock, catchment lots and Puna rain

Wastewater work here is not mainland work. There is often no soil to speak of, so systems sit in fractured a‘a and pahoehoe that drains fast in one spot and not at all ten feet away. Many lots have a rainwater catchment tank that has to stay well clear of the pit. And the rain is relentless: a cesspool that is fine in a dry week can back up after three days of Puna downpours because the ground around it is already full. We size the truck, the hose run and the schedule for those conditions.

Straight answers on pumping and on conversion

The state has set a deadline for closing or converting every cesspool in Hawaii, and that has brought a wave of pressure selling. We do not work that way. If your cesspool is sound and a pump-out is all it needs, we say so. If it is failing, or you are selling, or you want the conversion done on your own timeline instead of the state’s, we lay out the real options for your lot and let you decide.

What’s included

• Cesspool pumping and septic tank pumping on a schedule or on demand
• Inspections and pump-outs for home sales across Hilo, Puna and Hamakua
• Cesspool-to-septic conversions designed for lava-rock lots
• Septic tank, leach field and seepage-bed installation and repair
• Same-day priority on backups, overflows and odor calls
• Up-front pricing, no surprise add-ons once the truck is there