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25 <br />involve in all aspects of wastewater systems, it will become the local <br />educational resource for technicians, homeowners, pumpers and other groups with <br />motions to permitting and management issues. <br />1. Lending Insdmaons, Developers, Builders, Realtors and Attorneys: These <br />groups are targeted for education because they are crucial in passing on <br />information about septic systems during property transactions, home sales, <br />closings or even listings of property. The first: seep of the education could be <br />accomplished by the Environmental Health staff asking far an appearance <br />before executive comet Um or frill session meetings of local affiliate groups <br />on al periodic basis. Update meetings and regular mailings of specific printed <br />literature will be needed to keep all members current. The committee wanted <br />somehow to include Realtors and lending institutions in the chain of disclosure <br />of system type and management rents, but there was no firm agreement <br />on haw this could be accomplished. In the work group session, a focus group <br />with repreaenta?tives from this array of professions was suggested by Margaret <br />Brown to elicit ideas on' onal efforts, <br />2. Honftowwi?s Associations. All of these associations would be targeted for <br />eduction and all will be encouraged to view ongoing septic system <br />Maintenance as a community effort and, a community benefit. The group also <br />wanted to explore whether, in new developments, requirements for system <br />operation can be incorporated into subdivision covenantL A listing may be <br />available from the "Community Watch" program. <br />3. Septic System Installers: These contractors are now suj&cted to a simple <br />registration process before they can install septic systems in Ormp County. <br />There is no current requirement for lic ensure or certification. either here or <br />eleere in North Carolina If the expansion goes forward, routine continuing <br />educational sessions sponsored by the Health Department could be considered <br />either as a condition of the registration process or to be put on a "preferred list" <br />of contractors and his information would be provided to permit applicants. <br />Si' method of sanction and removal of renegade or incompetent contractors <br />must also be implemented so that frequent violators of installation standards <br />can be effectively managed, <br />4. Septic System Pwnpers: Whm a citizen calls a septic pumper today for routine <br />roam <br />tix? of a system, the pumper, inmost cases, <br />empties the tank without <br />regard far the actual level of the biosolids. In some instances, the removal of <br />biosae before they reach a detrimental depth is weeny and may <br />adversely affect the biology of the tank. The pumpers would be encouraged <br />throu#h education to check the biosolids and empty them only when necessary. <br />An upside of this process is that the pumper could charge a lesser fee when the <br />tank is not cleaned because they save the costs of disposal at the accepting <br />wastewater treatment plant phis the travel there to dump the load. The <br />homeowner saves by paying a lesser amount for the pumper's service and the <br />ev" increase of the volume of septage needing'disposal is minimized. <br />The startup and equipment costs for the pumpers to implement this practice are <br />minimal. The group went further to say that more information is needed from <br />each pumper on the origins of the septage and on those systems which are <br />bens A ,.-' 7'$