The Florida Onsite Wastewater Association (FOWA) has made big strides in changing attitudes as it tries to avoid a statewide ban on the landspreading of septage. Legislation in 2010 banned the practice effective in 2016. A bill delaying the ban for one year to allow more study of the issue passed the state Senate on a 37-1 vote on the last day of the 2014 legislative session, while its companion bill in the state House was not brought up for a vote.As one legislator says, many urban lawmakers don’t understand the significance of the bill – 40 percent of septage
