It’s a time of transition for the Mississippi onsite wastewater industry. While the number of state health department inspectors is being reduced greatly, their duties are now specific to wastewater services and they are expected to benefit from better supervision and access to more training and resources.Jim Weston, the director of onsite wastewater for the Mississippi State Department of Health, says budget cuts led to several recent changes, but he is expecting an improvement that will help the onsite installing and septic service industry.
What is the major change in the inspection program?Weston: We used to have 103 environmentalists statewide who
