A new law restricting county septic regulators from soil testing and the installation, design, maintenance, repair, and sale of onsite systems takes effect on Nov. 1. The Department of Commerce is drafting rules on how to enforce the law.Code changes redefine occasional occupancy as occupying a building served by an onsite system for less than 120 days per year. County regulators may establish an alternative maintenance program for these systems or owners may provide regulators with written notices of occasional occupancy and a management plan. The Wisconsin Onsite Water Recycling Association is concerned that seasonal properties should be maintained to
