The Virginia Environmental Protection Agency-approved Watershed Implementation Plan includes nitrogen-reducing onsite systems and pumping of septic tanks every five years. Implementation would require legislation approved by the General Assembly.
Secretary of Natural Resources Doug Domenech called the plan the most far-reaching and ambitious ever devised to clean up state rivers and the Chesapeake Bay. Clarke County supervisors said such legislation would open the floodgates for alternative onsite systems without regard to local hydrology and other concerns. They hope to gain oversight and control of systems where local environmental conditions are not favorable.
Michigan
Grand Traverse County has accepted a $725,000 settlement over the
