The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1888-10-12

nd not offensive. Il
Since the deep drains have been p
nut, the water that passes into the u
ream by way of the outlet IS 9
muddy and offensive. u
When grinding is going on at inc {
Mill, large amount of wash from .
the mill itself, charged with GER l
tain amount of saccharine matter,
often in a state of fermentation, ls
discharged directly into the stream
AT such time the emanations from
the stream are in high degree Of
fcnsive, filing the air with sicEen-
ing odors. 81
The KoIoa stream is used by tLno
population, chiefly Hawaiian. ,sI,o sho
live along its borders bc,iowf . ,,';lI "To
for purposes of irrigat ION for I'd domns, %
tic uses and is perfr rec their cblcf
avail for drinking water.
The houses oc' cupied bv the n,on-
tation hands ais o are scattered along
the banks of t Ais same stream ond
many OF theul doubtless resort to it
for supply of drinking water.
The degree of its pollution at
tunes may oe inferred from the fact
thaV WI'eH pollutions from the mill
are Gus charged into it, the fish
pr'n' tipaIly oopu-that live in its
Waters rise to the surface and die in
large numbers.
The koloa Plantation, aware of
the necessity of pure drinking wa
ter for its own employees, has
within few months laid down three
small fumes which are filed from
the upper part of the Koloa stream,
and offer Il supply of excellent wa
ter accessible to all of their people
who will take the pains to go for it.
The large part of the population
Of k0lo0, however, including the
Hawailans and many OF the planta-
ton hands, are so situated that they
must use of the polluted stream or
60 thirsty.
The well-to-do foreigners have
been compelled to lay pipes TO con-
vey clean water to their residences.
One considerable cause of pollu-
tion of this stream is that the cattle,
horses, and mules of the Koloa
plantation are allowed to enter into
it TO drink.
Cd. Other causes of pollution: The
lay of the land in the Koloa district
is not favorable for drainage.
The result is that surface water
and liquid impurities of all sorts
that are not confined by banks,
walls or reccptacles finally reach the
Koloa stream as the only outlet to
the ocean.
There is also considerable marshy,
undrainahle land which detracts
from the health of the place.
This is especially true of the i'm
mediate surroundings of the holoa
stream itself. At q number Of
points It's low banks spread out into
reedv swamps.
The general condition of the sur
Toundings of the mill itself is un-
clean and more than usually sour
and redoent of the odors of fer
menting molasses.
Auusancethati is much complained
Of which makes a strong impression
on the passer by, when the wind
blows favorably is number Of cist-
erns OF puddled earth that are used
to contain the waste moIasses and
various Impurities coming from the
mill.
These are posted on q piece of
high ground makai of the mill. and
f west of the Government road lead
ing to the landing.
At the time Of nv inspection thc
cis,erps numbered five and tbev
contained a dark colored, seetbing,
fermentjno mass of molasses waste
the odor of which rescmbled biloe
water.
am Glad to saw that could find
1 mo evidence of pollution Of the Ko.
lon stream from priyy.GIth. The
2 Koloa plantation has in lorg,
r measure adopted the receptacle plan
t Ii is only necessary to add to this
, the use of dry earth. and the svstem
will be nearly perfect and capable
of being managed without offense tc