Re: Jumping through the hoops

Posted by Texasmark1 on January 10, 2017 at 06:23:18 from (75.106.104.97):

In Reply to: Jumping through the hoops posted by Geo-TH,In on January 10, 2017 at 05:30:00:

Building my house in '79 and the two additions in early 80's and 90's required no permits. The new barn/shop in '05 did as the county got in cahoots with the power company and unless there was a green tag on the meter base, no meter.

Permit had a questionnaire. One question was septic. Answer no. Regardless, one day I see this guy roaming around the property and I challenge him. He was inspecting for the septic system for the house. I asked what has the house septic got to do with my new barn with ZERO plumbing (I added water only a couple months later). I asked him if he bothered to read my request for permit. He hadn't. I showed him where my house lateral lines were located and told him when he was through nosing around he could get back in his truck and get off my property. He left. I got my green tag and my meter.

The county has a legitimate gripe. Houston Black Clay doesn't percolate, especially in wet weather. Fields leak and that causes problems especially when you consider all the places where people live and how the systems are installed. Any new system has to be a water sprinkler system where your "effluent" is deposited on your yard every time the main storage tank gets full.......(my rendition of what a news media hype would look like) probably....gotta have that sensationalism...extra extra read all about it.

Actually the sprinklers, usually 2, are chemically treated, clear liquids from the system. Tank pumping of solids is still required, a cost you still have like older system field systems.

So here you have (some have) this half million castle or such and 100' from the thing is this twin spinner that "waters the lawn" when the system deems necessary. Add that to the fact that the system has to be serviced with chemicals by professional service agencies so you not only get that little nicety, you also get the huge cost of initial installation with all the added gadgetry plus the annual maintenance fees and chemicals you have to purcchase. I call that a necessary evil to buying/building a new house on this soil, which is deeded by a professional Civil Engr. who worked for our water system: "Unsuitable for dwellings and roadways." But the place is growing by leaps and bounds and that's just what it takes.

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