California State Water Board Announcement on Septics, Etc.

Those on septic tanks (or in the case of Los Osos, those remaining on septics after the PZ sewer system starts up) might want to review this. For example,

Septic tanks shall be pumped when any one of the following conditions exists:

i. The combined thickness of sludge and scum exceeds one-third of the tank depth of the first compartment.

ii. The scum layer is within 3 inches of the outlet device.

iii. The sludge layer is within 8 inches of the outlet device.

Seriously, do YOU KNOW where your sludge layer is?

 

This is a message from the State Water Resources 

Control Board.

Notice - The State Water Resources Control Board (State Water Board) will hold a public meeting on September 23, 2014 at 9:00 a.m. to receive public comments on proposed General Waste Discharge Requirements for Discharges to Land by Small Domestic Wastewater Treatment Systems (General Order) and an associated California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Initial Study/Negative Declaration (Negative Declaration).  The proposed General Order and Draft Initial Study/Negative Declaration have been posted on June 20, 2014 and is available at:http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/water_issues/programs/land_disposal/waste_discharge_requirements.shtml

For more information and any questions, please contact Timothy O’Brien at (916) 341-6904 ortobrien@waterboards.ca.gov.

SUBMISSION OF WRITTEN COMMENTS

The State Water Board will accept both written and oral comments on the proposed General Order and Initial Study/Negative Declaration.  Written comments must be received by 12:00 p.m. (noon) on July 25, 2014.