Two Maryland counties have found a way around state-imposed development limitations across the environmentally sensitive Chesapeake Bay watershed, clearing the way for more septic systems to be built for residential subdivisions. According to a Washington Post story, officials in Frederick and Cecil Counties failed to designate much land where septic systems would not be allowed.
Read the story here:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/maryland-planning-agency-says-2-counties-have-largely-ignored-new-septic-tank-growth-law/2013/02/01/c92bac1c-6cd8-11e2-8f4f-2abd96162ba8_story.html
Echoing concern about over-development in the watershed area, the new law asked local municipalities to approve four-tier maps steering future developments, with one of the tiers to include land where septic systems would not be allowed. According to the Maryland Department of Planning,
