Working with the rules.

March 2015

The first thing to do is figure out where we can put a septic tank and associated drain field. Since we have so much rock, and so little soil, our choices are limited.

We had a contractor come in and dig some test holes. Then the county inspector came, and told us which location would be the best. Even then, we had to bring in 40 yards of soil to build the drain field. The grass is always greener over the septic tank.

At last we have that decided, so we can figure out where we can build the house.

A couple of weeks later we got a letter from the county with a “permit to operate an individual sewage treatment facility.”