"willshak" wrote in message
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on 8/24/2007 7:19 PM Eigenvector said the following:
"Ann" wrote in message
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"Eigenvector" expounded:


Heck, simply having a septic tank is
almost an impossibility now.

That entirely depends on where you live. Around here everyone has
one, we have no sewers (nor do I want them, with the associated fees).
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Ann, gardening in Zone 6a
South of Boston, Massachusetts
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It doesn't work that way in our district. Here a septic drain field is
impossibly large by code, much much larger than the one my house was
built on. My presumption is that they are trying to encourage everyone
to get onto sewer. Until my septic fails I won't do that - or at least
until they put a lien on my property.

I was wondering about the composting toilet because it would dramatically
change the lifespan of an older drain field.


Where I lived before, we had a septic system. They put in municipal sewers
and although you didn't have to hook up to the muni system, they charged
you as if you were connected.

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Bill

That would **** me off - getting charged for something you don't need or
use.