It took a decade, but the Florida Legislature has passed a bill that makes progress on protecting the state’s waters and keeps the onsite industry as a viable solution to some of the state’s water problems. In the end, Senate Bill 712 sailed through the Senate 39-0 and through the House 118-0.
After some false starts, it turned out this was the year for action, says Roxanne Groover, executive director of the Florida Onsite Wastewater Association. “The cost of not doing anything was going to far outweigh the challenges we’re going to get from people for doing something,” she says.For the
