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Posted: 7:18 AM Jun 6, 2011
Indiana task force to look at regional sewer district
Officials in northwestern Indiana have agreed to create a task force to take a look at creating a regional sewer district.
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Officials in northwestern Indiana have agreed to create a task force to take a look at creating a regional sewer district.
The Times of Munster reports that the Northwestern Indiana Regional Planning Commission's environmental management policy committee approved the task force for Lake, Porter and LaPorte counties.
State Health Department training officer Denise Wright says there are 800,000 septic systems in Indiana and 250,000 of them are in some state of failure. She says failing systems present a host of problems including impaired waters, beach closures and public health concerns from mosquitoes and other pests.
Beverly Shores Town Council President Geof Benson says he proposed a local ordinance requiring septic systems be pumped every five years as a requirement for receiving beach parking permits. The measure failed overwhelmingly.
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