Todd Paulus, unit manager for the Stark County Health Department in Canton, Ohio, states that a bill in the state legislature revising Ohio’s onsite regulations will not cost homeowners as much as $50,000 to install onsite systems, as some have claimed.“A few who oppose the state’s Home Sewage Treatment System Study Commission findings are attempting to invoke public outcry against the rules by overinflating the costs of these systems,” he says. “Stark County is using most of the principles in the proposed regulations, and our installation costs are $7,000 to $15,000. Occasionally, in the worst soils, a drip system will
