Maryland Law Will Reduce Number of New Septic Systems

In the decades-long effort to clean up Chesapeake Bay, septic systems are the latest target of Maryland lawmakers. Provisions of the Sustainable Growth and Agricultural Preservation Act of 2012 (SB 236) are just coming into force and will severely restrict the use of individual septic systems in the continuing effort to reduce the amount of nitrogen and phosphorus entering the bay.For pumpers and installers in Maryland, it’s a “new paradigm” that would be difficult to overturn, according to Maryland Onsite Wastewater Professionals Association president Dave Duree.The Maryland Department of Planning projects the law will cut the number of new onsite