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10-20 percent of septic systems in the U.S., fall into that category, and are threatening to contaminate groundwater. They also can be used on smaller lots, on rocky soil, or on so-called “unbuildable lots.” Or they can be used for clustered homes and/or businesses, where they are called “packaged” wastewater treatment plants. But alternative/innovative units are not amenable for use everywhere.
In some units, the cleansed effluent results in surface discharge onto the ground or into nearby surface water, and some manufacturers claim the effluent emerging from their equip? ment is so pure that it is drinkable.
The Town of Washington is looking into a “packaged” wastewater treatment plant, with surface discharge into the Rush River. In environmentally sensitive areas, though, surface discharge is questionable.
The Chester Gap
Special Exception
Request
The request for a special exception for an onsite/ decentralized wastewater treatment system by a landowner in Chester Gap involves a secondary treatment unit with surface discharge.
It is for a new home* and not for remediation of a failed or failing septic system of an existing home. This is something new for Rappahannock County^ a precedent-setting situation. The request is to come before the Rappahannock County Board of Supervisors on July 6.
As in centralized systems, the key word with onsite/ decentralized systems is “management.” Currently, the manager of a traditional septic system is the homeowner or business owner. They pump out the septic tank • every three to five years. But when alter
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