
March 29, 2017 photo taken by Matthew Kurano showing "the view of the well overflow water flowing over a pen area before discharging into Kaohaoha Gulch," found in a Hawaiʻi Health Department inspection report dated April 26, 2017.
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ŌʻŌKALA, Hawaiʻi - The agreement, reached after numerous discharges of wastewater at the farm, will protect the environment and community as the dairy closes operations, the state says.
(BIVN) – The Hawaiʻi Department of Health says it has entered into an Administrative Order on Consent, or AOC, with the owners of Big Island Dairy, LLC, following years of environmental concerns that eventually led to the demise of the operation located above Ōʻōkala town on the Hāmākua Coast.
During the past two years, numerous discharges of wastewater into state waters containing manure from the dairy were documented by health inspectors. The dairy is now in the process of shutting down and cleaning up.
This media release was issued by the state on Thursday: