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septic tanks and feces

FoX avatar
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Folks - most of the beaches are fine, and if sewage gets in the water it is only during storms, and is quickly dissipated (after all the gulf is one big fish cesspool). BUT - I can't believe that the county and DEP has not required every waterfront property, including bays and bayous to be on sewer.

I would not stay at Gulf Trace or any other area where septics have been uncovered or destroyed. Especially with kids.

Look at this gulf trace pic - there are many septic tanks exposed AGAIN and the drain fields (ie nets full of stryrofoam) are strewn all over the place.

- Talk about people crapping on the beach. :roll:

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Jim Tucker avatar
Beach Fanatic
#77
Anyone have knowledge of septic tanks removed from beaches? As far as I know they were not removed just covered up with sand after storms.
steel1man avatar
Beach Fanatic
#78
If you push them..they will sue..
PoppaJ avatar
SoWal Insider
#79
Rename this thread "The Sh*t Hits The Sand".
Jim Tucker avatar
Beach Fanatic
#80
A dozen or so projects were just approved for BP Restore Act funds - millions of dollars benefiting our environment, citizens and tourists. If none of those funds are going towards removing septic tanks, the least we can do is require septic tank owners remove their septic tanks from places where unsuspecting tourists are being poisoned. No doubt many of these septic tank owners are making a lot of money renting to tourists. The same tourists they are poisoning.

SHAME ON YOU and Walton County for not acting!
FactorFiction avatar
Beach Fanatic
#81
It would be interesting to know how many properties are still on septic, especially on the Gulf, the Coastal Dune Lakes, and the Bay or Bayous. Anybody have any idea?
Mike Jones avatar
Beach Fanatic
#82
It would be interesting to know how many properties are still on septic, especially on the Gulf, the Coastal Dune Lakes, and the Bay or Bayous. Anybody have any idea?
The Florida Department of Health maintains permits by county:
Onsite Sewage Treatment & Disposal System (OSTDS) | Florida Department of Health in Walton

Regional Utilities has their records also and should be lobbying to eliminate tanks. Would be good PR for them to cut or eliminate costs for hookups for a time. There may be grants for it. The Restore Act Funds would be ideal! The city of Freeport submitted a water quality assessment project for Restore Act Funds which would in part evaluate septic systems along the bay. I don't think it was approved.

https://www.co.walton.fl.us/DocumentCenter/View/29342/Walton-County-MYIP---Accepted-August-2017

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