Hawai'i County Council approves hiring outside counsel for defense against civil lawsuit claiming Clean Water Act violation : Big Island Now

The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in September by members of Hui Mālama Honokōhau, claims the county is violating the Clean Water Act by continuously discharging treated sewage from the Kealakehe Wastewater Treatment Plant into the Pacific Ocean via groundwater without the required National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit.

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