SB 204 alters the conditions under which a not for profit sewage company or regional sewer district may require a property owner to connect to its sewage disposal system. Currently, the company or district may require connection to its sewer system of property producing sewage or similar waste and require the discontinuance of use of a sewage disposal system if there is an available sanitary sewer within three hundred (300) feet of the property line. Under SB 204, which passed the House on a 76 – 16 vote, the 300 foot radius from the property line would be apply where the property is located in Indianapolis, located adjacent to a body of water (including a lake, river, or reservoir), or located in a subdivision or other planned development. For all other properties, the 300 feet would be from the point of discharge.
sjudge says
another one of those ‘some guy in my district bitched so I wrote a law’ bills. The more control we have over sewage discharges, the more control we have over our drinking water. There’s almost no funding for inspection of septic tanks, so, largely, they simply aren’t inspected. Conversely, sewer lines get run where the cost can be spread over multiple users, so the more hurdles you raise to connections, the less connections you get. The “my septic is fine, stop bothering me,”mentality gets heard under he dome because those people make noise. Looked at as part of the bigger picture, it’s mostly a petty argument