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Council members Critzer and Tompkins, both of whom had walked out of meetings on the septic system issue and who perhaps possess the greatest technical knowledge on the issue, were not in attendance.
Copies of a sheet entitled "Town of Washington Sanitary Survey, Oct-Nov 1997" was provided to attendees, and commented upon by Medge Carter and Charles Shepard of the Health Department. Ms. Carter briefly reviewed the operation of septic systems and she and Mr. Shepard discussed ways in which septic systems fail, and the means by which septic systems should be maintained.
Mr. Shepard noted that "all systems that depend upon soil for treatment will fail at some point." The septic systems in use in the Town all fall into that category, and the 1997 survey indicated that 27 of the 87 homes visited had some type of septic system problem.
Questions from the council and the public and the
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