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“They were afraid that the government would be intruding in their personal business. But when I came to the council there was a lot of verbiage about there being a [sewage disposal] problem. [As committee chairman], I want to find out [what the situation really is]. This is not a push for a sewer system. It’s a push to find out. The public can and will find out along with me.”
Mr. Shepherd explained that septic fields fail for many reasons. While the soil itself takes thousands of years to change, it can become blocked or clogged by grease, cleaning fluids and other materials that prevent it from being as porous or as absorbent as it onc^ was.
Chemical salts from water treatment systems, in particular,combined with continued “hydraulic overloading,” or too much contaminated water going into the system too often for too long, can also create mats around soil particles that further contribute to septic
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