Vermont has more than 800 lakes and ponds, many carved out by the glaciers centuries ago and others created by dams. The crown jewel is the 490-square-mile Lake Champlain, which the state shares with New York and Québec.
As in other states, the lakes are threatened with pollution, some of which comes from failing septic systems. To confront that issue, in 2019 the Winooski Natural Resources Conservation District held a daylong seminar called Waterfront Living in Vermont: A Septic Solutions Conference.
The conference, at the University of Vermont Dudley H. Davis Center in Burlington, was a venue for exploring design and
