After six years with its current set of onsite rules, the state of Oregon is on the verge of revising them to allow more alternative technology options and change how they are used. The broadest change targets nitrogen.
“We’re adding more nitrogen reduction,” says Randy Trox, onsite program coordinator for the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality. “We have some data that show our minimum lot size for sandy soils with unconfined aquifers isn’t adequately protective.”
The DEQ proposal would increase the standard for rapidly draining soils. Instead of having one conventional system on each acre with such soil, the revised rule
