Weston Roundtable Lecture Series
Plumbing Code or Land Use Policy?
Event Details
Date
Thursday, May 3, 2012
Time
4:15-5:15 p.m.
Location
Description
On-site wastewater treatment systems (OWTS) serve most rural households in the Great Lakes region. Major revisions of Wisconsin’s plumbing code, which was changed in the 1990s from a prescriptive code to a performance code, now allow the installation of “alternative” on-site wastewater treatment systems on sites with only six inches (15.2 cm) of native soil above bedrock or the seasonal water table. What are the land use impacts?
Cost
Free
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