http://jeffmiller.house.gov/Contact/ContactForm.htm

D.Moore the same goes for you, “When they stop big agriculture from spraying whatever they want on fields and
put diapers on cattle, then they can look in my septic tank.”

You guys are hilarious,seriously though, we definitely don’t need to pay for septic tank inspections. When the septic system does need repairs it costs way too much, how about putting a top end on what can be charged for that? Also anyone nose when the repair is needed.

David interesting comment about the pinhole leaks, we could have them do a pressure test, and while we’re at it how about they don’t dig my yard up , how about they use a boroscope through the clean out opening? LMBO

Did you know that untreated human and animal waste is the primary nutrient for growing the tilapia in China? So what Americans are eating doesn’t come from my septic tank, but rather China’s septic tank.

http://factsanddetails.com/china.php?itemid=348&catid=9&subcatid=63

Nothing is wasted in China: human waste is collected from family outhouses and used as fertilizer. Outhouses in rural China are often placed near the pig sties so waste can be collected from both sources and used for fertilizer. China has a long history of using human excrement—“night soil”—as fertilizer. The morning distribution of night soil is common sight throughout China.

Human waster is still widely used. It is often stored in fields in decorated cauldrons. Human waste is not a big environmental or health concern. More troubling is the factory run-off and medical waste that find its way into the sewer system that produces sludge-based fertilizers laced with heavy metals and toxic chemicals.

http://www.northescambia.com/?p=64475

I’m no expert, but I’m willing to bet that residents with septic tanks in the entire State of Florida, doesn’t release even a tiny % of that amount from their septic tanks. I know mine doesn’t leak! Why??? because we are responsible land owners who take care of our septic tank investment and don’t need big brother charging us lots of money to tell us we are doing a good job!

In my personal opinion, this is more about local and state government finding ways of retrieving more money from the already overwhelmed tax payers and less about their overwhelming concern for our environment. If everyone were so concerned, they would be making more of an effort to go after the BIG polluter’s first, then once that was is check, then do investigations into the small poluter’s.

Don’t punish me for someone else’s wrong doings!

The PRIMARY source of spilled sewage IS from the public systems (ECUA and the like). Haven’t you been reading the paper lately? Millions of gallons of raw sewage spilled in waterways and it happens every day in community’s across the country.

Kathy’s understanding of Septic tanks is nearly non-existent. The risk is not to ground water at all. The water released from the tanks remains near the surface and is drawn up into plants and trees as a water source and natural fertilizer. The only risk is to surface water (lakes, streams, swamps). There should and are regulations to prevent someone from putting one to close to one already.

Kathy should be more worried about company’s in the area doing well injection of their waste. YES several in the area have wells that they pump commercial waste water into wells. Millions of gallons. Lets not focus on what is not really dangerous and keep our eyes on those doing real damage.