There’s a fundamental problem with frequent criticism of decentralized wastewater treatment by politicians whose municipalities are constantly seeking to expand the reach of their public sewer systems. Headlines in newspapers and TV news reporters parrot those who are promoting sewer expansion.“Septic systems are to blame for water-quality issues,’’ the critics say, assigning blame for nonpoint pollution problems to all septic systems in an environmentally sensitive area. Their next response? One county in Florida recently stiffened its rules for new onsite projects, dropping the allowable daily flow from the state’s maximum of 10,000 gpd to 2,000 gpd for all larger systems.Nobody
