Toxic Water Nearly Killed My Kite Buddy
Posted: Wed Sep 13, 2017 9:52 pm
My kite buddy in Maui who is young and in excellent physical shape was nearly killed and now has several diseases from human waste carried viruses and bacteria which he contracted kiting daily 1000 meters upwind of a wastewater treatment plant with injection wells, namely the Kahului wastewater treatment facility in Kahului, Maui. This facility was build decades ago to handle a population tens of thousands smaller, before windsurfing and kitesurfing and has never been upgraded to deal with the current population and the current use of the waters off its coast.
He believes that he contracted all or at least many of the viruses, bacteria and diseases at once while kiting during a 200,000 gallon raw sewage "spill." The problem is that these "spills" are very common and the injection wells are basically injecting raw sewage directly into the ocean anyway.
The county of Maui has been in and out of court for many years and has been sued by several organizations as well as fined by the EPA due to this problem. There are probably around a million people per year who kite in this exact spot, many being children and elderly. The problem has continually worsened over the years until this point where it is directly linked to causing life-threatening disease.
My question is; does anyone have any idea how to stop this problem once and for all? If I was leaking less than .01% of this wastewater into my neighbor's yard, the river, or the ocean Maui county would be so far up my ass in fines. If after the county imposed fines I didn't correct the problem say, after 10 or 20 years I would surely be serving time in state prison.
So if I am subject to these laws why can the county literally get away with (attempted) manslaughter? If the county can enforce/impose this upon me who can enforce these laws upon them?
He believes that he contracted all or at least many of the viruses, bacteria and diseases at once while kiting during a 200,000 gallon raw sewage "spill." The problem is that these "spills" are very common and the injection wells are basically injecting raw sewage directly into the ocean anyway.
The county of Maui has been in and out of court for many years and has been sued by several organizations as well as fined by the EPA due to this problem. There are probably around a million people per year who kite in this exact spot, many being children and elderly. The problem has continually worsened over the years until this point where it is directly linked to causing life-threatening disease.
My question is; does anyone have any idea how to stop this problem once and for all? If I was leaking less than .01% of this wastewater into my neighbor's yard, the river, or the ocean Maui county would be so far up my ass in fines. If after the county imposed fines I didn't correct the problem say, after 10 or 20 years I would surely be serving time in state prison.
So if I am subject to these laws why can the county literally get away with (attempted) manslaughter? If the county can enforce/impose this upon me who can enforce these laws upon them?