A technician doing basic system assessments for the Clermont County (Ohio) General Health District discovered sewage ponding in the backyard of a three-bedroom home in Amelia.As part of the district’s Sewage Nuisance Abatement and Remediation Plan program, environmental health sanitarian Ralph Benson, R.S., met with the homeowner’s installer. They developed a plan to diminish the nuisance and improve the system.“We look at each case and try to find the most cost-effective solution to the problem,” says Benson. “Phase 1 includes checking the septic tank for watertightness and setting a family water budget to control overloading. If that doesn’t work, successive
