An Oregon homeowner received a letter from his township saying he needed to hire a certified inspector to inspect his onsite system. He called for the names of NAWT-certified inspectors in his town. This is not an isolated occurrence.Pumpers must become aware that maintenance and buy-sell inspections with pump-outs are coming. For example, Iowa’s time-of-sale inspection bill took effect in July. Missouri, Massachusetts, Arizona and New Mexico (there probably are more) require inspections for the transfer of property. As of January 2006, Oregon required time-of-transfer inspections for all alternative treatment technologies. As of last April, onsite systems within the Delaware
