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lhe engineer, Hank Gerhart of Buchart-Hom, Inc., had estimated that the present hookup cost is averaging $8,000.
Cilimberg said a public notice and newspaper coverage publicized the possible substantial costs to homeowners who refuse to sign an agreement and are then ordered to join the system.
“It’s time to give one more warning to those five,” said Martin Woodard, WSA member. “It’s only fair play.”
Jack Lockhart, county sanitarian with the health department, has conducted sight inspections of the property owners’ septic systems.
“I talked to someone in the state (health department) office who thought that a sight inspection will not be enough for them to make a decision,” said WSA Chairman Bob Dennis.
Cilimberg said he had been told that homeowners requesting exemption would need records from when their systems were installed.
“They should realize that if they don’t have health department inspection records or other records from when their septic systems were installed indicating that all specifications were met, they will have trouble being exempted,” Cilimberg said.
The property owners face another dilemma: They will not know until well after the Nov. 1 deadline whether their septic systems will meet state health department standards.
“The government agencies involved won’t act on these policies for perhaps one to two years,” Gerhart said. “If those people are losers then, we won’t have enough money to cover for them, and I can’t wait past Nov. 1 to tell the contractor how many (septic) tanks to order.”
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