Thousands of Hawaiian cesspools inch closer to ocean as shoreline erodes

• Hawaii is home to 83,000 cesspools, more than any other state in the nation, and around 20% of the state's cesspools are 0.6 or fewer miles from shore. • Rising seas have eroded Hawaii's shoreline due to climate change and the island's groundwater is being pushed to the surface, inching it closer to the chemicals from the cesspools. • Cesspools formed in Hawaii due to rapid growth and can now be found everywhere from Honolulu's Black Point to the old sugar plantation towns. The town of Hauula packs hundreds...