KEEP SEPTIC SYSTEMS FROM POLLUTING OUR WATER
SIGN THIS PETITION TO THE GOVERNOR

No one in their right minds would put a septic system in a wetland, right?  You wouldn’t put a septic system where nutrient pollution would pond up in your yard or flow into a nearby stream, would you?  And no government that cared about clean water and public health would allow that, right?

WRONG on all counts.  The state of Virginia’s Department of Health is proposing regulations for advanced septic systems that would allow them in even if there is standing water on the site - even on non-tidal wetlands!  And, the General Assembly has told your local governments they can’t do anything about it – the people who know best what is going on are banned from looking at local conditions!  Worst of all, the General Assembly fast-tracked the regulations so that full public review was prevented.

The proposed regulations are on their way to the Governor’s desk.  Tell Governor Kaine to send them back to be fixed.  Tell him we want:

  1. NO SEPTIC SYTEMS ON WETLANDS
  2. SEPTIC SYSTEMS AT LEAST ONE FOOT AWAY FROM WATER-SOAKED GROUND
  3. LOCAL GOVERNMENTS WITH POLLUTED WATERS TO HAVE THE POWER TO REGULATE SYSTEMS THAT MAY LEAK NUTRIENT POLLUTION INTO THOSE WATERS
Sign the petition to the Governor. ( To read more in depth on this issue see our Advanced Septic System Regulations White Paper)

Governor Tim Kaine
State Capitol
Richmond, Virginia

Dear Governor Kaine:

I am opposed to the “emergency” regulations on alternative on site septic systems for individual homes.  The regulations were rushed through and have some serious flaws.  They would allow an advanced septic system to go into wet soil, even a wetland.  They do not require dry ground to treat effluents with viruses, hormones, and nutrients.  They would prevent local governments from protecting their citizen’s health and environment.

Please send these regulations back to the Virginia Department of Health so that they:

  1. Do not allow these septic systems in wetlands.
  2. Require at least 12 inches of dry soil beneath the treatment zone.
  3. Allow governments with impaired waters to have a say in how these systems are sited and how many can go in.

These are just common sense measures and we urge you to make these changes.

Sincerely,

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Submitted 3/18/2010 1:52:01 PM

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