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Septic Tank Elimination Program
A STEP Toward Cleaner Streams and Healthier Neighborhoods
Some 30,000 homes in Marion County are served by private septic systems, with 18,000 of those homes identified as a high priority to receive sewer service because their systems are failing or near failure. Septic systems have a limited life and eventually fail, leaching human waste into groundwater, backyards and neighborhood ditches and streams. Septic systems are linked to high E. coli bacteria counts in many small neighborhood streams and ditches during dry weather, when children are most likely to play in them.
In the past, the city has used the state's Barrett Law process to require homeowners to share the costs to construct new sewers in neighborhoods on septic systems. This has caused hardships for many homeowners, especially low-income residents and the elderly.
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