Tim Hicks, watershed inspector for Schuyler County, N.Y., sees the regulator’s role as integral to the onsite wastewater industry. “As an industry, I’d like to see us grow to better serve the public,” he says. “We must be part of the solution, not an obstacle, to repairing problem systems where a regulatory fix is impossible.” Hicks, who works as inspector-supervisor in the county’s Water-shed Protection Agency (WPA), says his personal wish list includes a more entrepreneurial role for the agency in onsite system monitoring. He lists site evaluation, permit issuance, construction and preclosure inspections, public education, and violation mitigation as
