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Thursday, February 12, 2009

This is a must read. They admit that these regulations are a fishing expedition.

The Daily Triplicate: Septic tank rules fought

Almost any activist that opposes these regulations believes in clean water and would support regulations that honestly attain that goal. We just feel that these regulations are not the correct way to accomplish clean water. Below a spokesman for the waterboard tells you just what these regulations were designed to do. They are designed to find out "if there is a problem".

David Clegern, a spokesman for the state agency, said the board has already announced it is rewriting the regulations in response to the public outcry.

“We do understand that Eureka and Malibu are different places,” Clegern said. “It’s a very touchy subject and we understand that.”

One of the main reasons the Water Resources Control Board wants to change the regulations, he said, is to assist in building a database made from the continual monitoring of septic systems by property owners that will alert the board to any changes in the water environment due to pollution

“These standards and regulations are essentially designed to give us a baseline,” Clegern said, “so we can tell when there’s a problem, if there’s a problem and where there’s a problem

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