Gila County leaders take initiative to replace cesspools contaminating their community

Adam Klepp joins ABC15 Arizona as a multimedia journalist after stops in Yuma and Tucson.

Cesspools are an outdated and unsafe way to get rid of human waste. Still, an estimated 75,000 cesspools are being used by Arizonans.The state outlawed them in 1976, but many were grandfathered into the system.Leaders in Gila County more than 5,000 of the cesspools are still being used there, but a new state and federal government effort is underway to replace them.

Coli,' Jake Garrett, the Gila County Environmental Health Manager, said.The concern from locals and county leaders led the state and federal governments to step in.“Cesspools and failing septics are a problem throughout the entire region,' Martha Guzman with the EPA said.She adds many cesspools are still left because the cost to replace them is a lot for homeowners in rural communities.

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