WISCONSIN: Guiding Code
Wisconsin Onsite Wastewater Recycling Association board members Todd Stair and Sue Schambureck represent the organization on the Private Onsite Wastewater Treatment System Code Advisory Council. The state Department of Commerce convened the council because 2010 legislation allows counties a two-year delay in implementing a POWTS inventory and maintenance-tracking program, thus requiring a code change to reflect the new law.
Other items the council will consider for the code rewrite procedure include the concrete tank corrosion issue, requiring time-of-sale evaluations, establishing a minimum size for septic tanks, determining education requirements for maintenance providers, and requiring deeds to indicate the system’s
