The County was getting questions related to staff retirements, departures and their replacements, so they decided on the newsletter format to include staff pictures on the bottom of the first page.
Also, from the University of Minnesota, Septic System Owners Resources
Training Events
The UMN Onsite Sewage Treatment Program along with the Minnesota Department of Health are offering FREE septic system and private well homeowner education classes across Minnesota.
Mille Lacs Historic Courthouse, Board Room
625 2nd Street SE, Milaca, MN
December 16, 2020
7:00pm
Contact: Corrine Webb, corrine.webb@millelacs.mn.gov, 320-983-8458, www.millelacs.mn.gov/164/Septic-System-Compliance-Permitting
- Factsheet: Protecting our Water Takes Good Drinking Water and Septic Systems .pdf
- Video: Protecting Your Drinking Water: Wells and Septic Systems
- CEC Slide presentation
If you are interested in hosting a class, please contact Sara Heger sheger@umn.edu
SepticSmart Week 2020 is over for this year but maintaining your wastewater system is a daily job. Be sure you know your septic system. The two big "do’s" are:
▪ Inspect it (at least every 3 years); and
▪ Protect it.
Properly maintaining your septic system helps safeguard human health, protect the environment, and save money. Septic system repairs caused by a lack of understanding about how they work, or even simple neglect, can be very costly. Refer to this guide for more information -Septic System Do's and Dont's.
Additional resources:
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency-Subsurface Sewage Treatment Systems
University of Minnesota-Onsite Sewage Treatment Program
Environmental Protection Agency-Septic Systems
Washington County Subsurface Sewage Treatment Systems (SSTS)