Rocky Land

I'd sure be worried about it. No septic = no housing permit in many locations around the USA, and there is national code to that effect, depending upon local enforcement. Even if you can bypass it today, what about 5-10 years from now? What if you want to sell?

--->Paul

Paul what is the national code, I've never heard of this?

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I don't know about any national code. I do know some areas won't allow a power hookup without a septic and others won't allow a certificate of occupancy. Other areas don't require any of this but then you also have the insurance people that always have something to say about things.

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Please!!!!!! Come on people. This land is in the Arkansas, ozarks. There ain't no codes. I know more people that have a sewer pipe that just runs out the side of the house and down the hill than people that have a septic system. Your water might stink and taste funny if there is alot of iron in that area, but it will clear up in 3 to 5 years. Don't know why or how it does clear up but it does. Most the areas you won't have to worry about that any aways. Water is usally realy good.

I don't know about national codes. But I do know there's some kind of general water conservation/preservation or something thing that came into being a few years ago.

Water Quality, I thik - ? Department of Water Quality?

In any case, before I decided to go with a composting toilet, I Googled the heck out of Oklahoma and (I think) Department of Water Quality and Regulations and etc etc etc, to find precedents, what attitudes are toward composting toilets, etc., and also what kinds of crackdowns there'd been on the typical septic around here (which is a pipe out back).

Can't remember everything I came up with, but it was reassuring enough that I decided to go ahead with composting toilet.

You need to do the same, dailey.

So you need to find out the codes in your area --- there might not be any, mind you! You need to find out precedents and attitudes toward composting toilets AND septics of local regulators and The Powers That Be. Etc.

But first --- codes. Local.

BTW, Unregistered is right.

If they were to crack down on septic in this area, there wouldn't be nobody left living here. :haha: :haha: :haha:

Greetings from Montana! We live on "the rocky mountains" and you can absolutely believe me when I tell you I know about ROCKS/ BOLDERS! We were unable to put a basement in our house because the bolders were so big we would have had to hire a blaster! We dug out as much of the moutain as we could for a house pad and had enough large rock to build a retaining wall 200 feet long and 20 feet high! Getting ready to add a utility room and we have been moving rocks for two weeks already just to make the form. No gardening here, had to go with raised beds in a green house. The well driller says we live in an area called Bolder Bayolith! So must be rocks the Lord intended for this area LOL. There are good things about rocks too, ours are fractured Granite slabs and are good for building patios (have built three already) as well as building foundations and whole buildings! Dont let the rocks scare you away! Some of the ones we have unearthed this past week are 5 feet long 3 feet wide and 2 feet thick! We wrap them in chain and drag them off with the four wheel drive pick up truck to a place where we think they will be happier!

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