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sewage/waste water
July 26, 2012 | 10:34 AM

Aloha Anthony,
As always your paper takes on and illuminates problems here on Maui that Joe over at The Maui News seems to favor ignoring.
One of the most frustrating things in life is to see a solution to a major problem and not being able to get anyone to listen or consider your idea.
We need to take care of waste water in a proactive way to protect the aina and our precious water resources,both ocean and fresh water.
I believe that I have an idea that not only addresses the dilemma of how to deal with sewage and waste water, but also could provide a source of clean,renewable electric power that is nothing short of amazing in it's simplicity.
Instead of septic tanks,cesspools and injection wells, all this waste water could be converted into renewable power while at the same time being treated and purified before being used for irrigation.
How could this be done? By combining waste water treatment with a pumped hydro storage system.As it stands now, Maui Electric is hard pressed to deal with the surplus power from wind and P/V to the point that it now will not allow any more P/V from Maui Meadows because they can't balance the baseline power with the fluctuation of alternative power sources.
If we could pump the waste water up-slope utilizing this surplus power, the water could then be processed and treated while at the same time being used to generate a supply of reliable and constant power that the grid and baseline could handle.
Please watch the video and then imagine a series of these Gravity Vortex Hydro-electric Generators set up in conjunction with aeration and settling ponds between the generators.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FA2H1HiL3o

Waldemar D. Kmentt
Kihei