septic vs. sewer - which is better?

MELOC · #21 07/17/06, 09:39 AM

my point about cost and revenue is that a sewer system is very costly to construct and maintain. municipalities never tell the truth about the long term cost. they are often created to allow new and dense development for the benefit of developers. the existing population is forced to connect to help pay for it all.

bbbuddy · #22 07/17/06, 10:05 AM

Kalifornia had a huge study done and concluded that septic was in all cases (except neglect) far superior to city sewer. The waste water to the leach field was cleaner, eyc, etc. They passed a law mandating that septic be encouraged anywhere the lots/parcels were big enough to support leach fields.
TOTALLY ignored by local bureaucrats, of course, because of the usual $/power issues.

What we should do is pass laws that anyone who WANTS to be a pol/bureaucrat CAN'T be!!

sullen · #23 07/17/06, 10:43 AM

http://www.presbyeco.com/prod_enviro.html

I wish I had put one of these in, instead of my normal system.
But if you watch what you put in a system, a septic is better because you have to watch what you put in it. And nothing is "overflowed" into the local lakes...EWWWWWW.
In Newfoundland Canada they used to dump it all into the ocean. EWWW.

rambler · #24 07/17/06, 11:33 AM

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Originally Posted by ellebeaux

Wow, you guys raise some good points.

So on my imaginary homestead, what's the ideal way to go? Say that I could get permits, etc. As an intellectual exercise, and for spiritual satisfaction, I would like the homestead to be as self-sufficient as possible. But I can't imagine that anywhere I'd like to live would let me be totally off public utilities!

How can you have a homestead in an area that _does_ have public water/septic utilities????? Generally such locations around here are so regulated, one can't have livestock, dust, noise, etc.....

Much better off with your own well/ septic 'here' but we have lots of water, and farms are big not closely packed.

--->Paul

citilivin · #25 07/17/06, 08:24 PM

We have several "unincorporated pockets" here that are surrounded by city. If sewers are available you are only required to connect if you want to get a permit for remodeling or in the case of financing, FNMA requires connection if sewers are available. The lots tend to be larger because of the former septic systems. This has resulted in neighborhoods with large lots that are in high demand.