In the not-so-good old days, it was difficult to get anyone in the media world to focus on the proper care of decentralized wastewater systems. If you ever saw a wastewater-related story turn up online or in a newspaper, it was typically regarding a municipal sewer system — and it was usually a pocketbook issue related to rising quarterly sewage fees.
Only a few short years ago, I could shout in this column about the need to promote septic system maintenance to save users (about a quarter of all Americans) money and headaches associated with failing septic systems. We had lobbying
