The owner of a concrete block fishing cabin on the Rio Pueblo River near Sipapu, N.M., wanted to remodel it and build a 3,000-square-foot, three-bedroom year-round home. The 1950s cesspool, however, was unacceptable.Michael Montoya of the state Environment Department struggled to find an onsite solution. His only option was a holding tank, which the onsite regulatory code did not allow. He called around and was directed to Link Summers, president of Link Summers LLC in Taos.“I had to meet 50-foot setbacks from the wells and river,” says Summers. “The property had one little triangular space that met those requirements, but





