Black liquid flowing down a steep bank into the Isinglass River brought the local health officer to a motel in Rochester, N.H. Laboratory tests confirmed that the breakout was sewage.Tom Canfield, owner of Earthcon in Rochester, won the bid to design and install a system to handle flows from the motel (10 rooms, four kitchenettes, owner’s three-bedroom living quarters, and a public washing machine). The onsite systems for nine seasonal cabins and a two-bedroom home were not in failure, but state Department of Environmental Services officials included them in the replacement. To handle the additional permits, Canfield brought in designer
