“Water does not resist. Water flows.
When you plunge your hand into it, all you feel is a caress.
Water is not a solid wall, it will not stop you. But water always goes where it wants to go, and nothing in the end can stand against it.
Water is patient.
Dripping water wears away a stone.
Remember that, my child. Remember you are half water.
If you can't go through an obstacle, go around it.
Water does.”
― Margaret Atwood, The Penelopiad
Helpful Tips and Information
For Home and Business Owners
An online interactive creation tool for a Septic System Owners Guide
Got to h2oandm.com
A majority of US homes and business outside urban centers rely on onsite wastewater treatment systems.
Some of these systems serve clusters of homes through a shared 'community' system which requires additional management. The delivery of proper system management is a key issue to ensure cost-effective and long-term wastewater treatment for both new development, existing homes and communities.
The University of Minnesota's Onsite Sewage Treatment Program and its national partners, including us, received a Federal grant to develop a customizable 'fill in the blanks' System Owner's Guide online Tool.
The Tool will help community members and leaders understand how their systems work, what management tasks need to occur on a regular basis, and how they can protect their infrastructure from premature failure.
The tool allows anyone to produce an expert-driven and locally-customized manual (electronic or hard-copy) for any cluster or individual septic system in America.
Using this tool, an engineer, septic professional, community facilitator, or community member can write a guide to effective management by entering basic information on the users, system, rate structures and any regional, state, or local differences in regulations that affect the management of community systems.
This tool enables property owners and communities across the US to properly manage their septic systems; therefore protecting our ground and surface waters.
