83,000 Hawaiian homes dispose of wastewater in cesspools. Sea level rise will make the disaster worse.
This photo provided by the Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources shows a house after it collapsed on a beach on February 28, 2022 in Haleiwa, Hawaii. Rising seas and more intense storms are encroaching on coastal properties. Some coastal erosion removes the sand surrounding cesspools and carries the wastewater out to sea. (Dan … Read more