WISCONSIN: Exempting Surface Discharge
The July Wisconsin Onsite Water Recycling Association newsletter details members’ efforts to stop legislation to offset the cost of replacing failed systems and maintenance by allowing surface discharge and permitting residents to decide when to pump their septic tanks.
Legislators also bowed to pressure from individuals not wanting to pay for pumping and inspections. They pushed to repeal the mandatory six-hour maintenance class to care for their systems or have the state pay for it. “One resident said that he doesn’t have to look in his septic tank to determine whether it needs pumping because he found a
