Great Glossary

To the Editor:

I just got my May copy of Onsite Installer and read your article about the Decentralized Wastewater Treatment Glossary from the Consortium of Institutes for Decentralized Wastewater Treatment (“Onsite Esperanto,” Breaking Ground column).

As always, you have hit the nail on the head. This glossary is a wonderful piece of work, and I have encouraged the State of Missouri to include it when they update their state code (I am on the committee that is working with them on the rewrite). I included it when I revised the Randolph County Onsite Wastewater Treatment System Ordinance. 

If you ever get pulled into a legal battle over a wastewater situation, this glossary will provide a wonderful reference and concise meaning for all of those terms that we deal with every day. Kudos to the Consortium members who put so much time and energy into writing this.

Janet Murray, R.E.H.S.

Environmental Health Supervisor

Randolph County (Mo.) Health Dept.

President, Missouri Smallflows Organization

Treasurer, Missouri Board of Certification