Fire up the grill, cook up some burgers, and then let’s look inside a septic system. That is not an unusual sight around the Puget Sound where Washington Sea Grant has been working for 20 years to raise awareness of the importance of proper onsite system maintenance and monitoring for homeowners.
“Septic systems are amazing and they work really well when they work,” says Teri King, a Sea Grant water quality specialist. One of her jobs is organizing Septic Socials, neighborhood gatherings for homeowners to make septic system education a fun community event. She’s been organizing them for 20 years around
