| An important water quality protection bill will be coming up for a vote this week-possibly as early as Thursday and your representative needs to hear that you want him/her to vote YES for the Septic Tank Inspection bill. Iowa has over 100,000 leaking septic tanks, despoiling our Iowa waters. Approximately 19 million gallons of untreated wastewater is discharged per day into Iowa waters from failing septic systems. There is a simple way to clean up this problem: require inspections of septic tanks when property is transferred. This solution has already been implemented successfully in 21 Iowa Counties and it is time to make these inspections a statewide requirement. If passed by our state legislature, Senate File 261 will require septic system inspections at the time of property transfer. If a system is found to be deficient, it must be brought into compliance with building codes prior to the completion of the transaction. This bill was overwhelmingly approved by the Senate last session and is before the House Environmental Protection Committee. Please call your Representative today and ask them to
Vote YES for SF 261, the Septic Inspection bill We're told that some legislators fear imposing this cost to rural landowners. The alternative of course is passing on the cost to everyone else in the form of water despoiled by human sewage. | 
