Pumper often carries news about grants that help people pay for septic system repairs, and while many wastewater professionals know in their bones that money is lacking, now there’s evidence to back up those feelings.
Last year the Environmental Policy Innovation Center published Investing in America’s Onsite Wastewater Treatment Systems for Equity and Sustainability, a report outlining what governments should do to improve onsite treatment. The report is available here: www.policyinnovation.org/publications/investing-in-americas-onsite-wastewater-treatment-systems-for-equity-and-sustainability.To learn more, Pumper talked to Maureen Cunningham, chief strategy officer and director of water for the organization.Pumper: What would you like people to get out of your report?Cunningham: I think
