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- Title
On-site wastewater management: an integrated approach to improving water quality and preventing disease.
- Authors
Ingram T; Hull T; Goodman T; Hamilton County General Health District, Staff of the Division of Water Quality
- Abstract
The postwar economic and population expansion of the 1950s resulted in a home-building boom and the installation of over 9,500 mechanical home aeration sewage systems in Hamilton County, Ohio. Most of these systems discharged to common collector lines, stormwater sewers, and dry ravines. Homeowners were not educated about proper maintenance and operation of the systems. Consequently, widespread degradation of water quality occurred.In 1994 public outcry forced the Hamilton County Board of Health to implement an intensive and successful routine inspection program. Today, all aeration systems are inspected annually. Upon approval, the Hamilton County Board of Health issues an operation permit.The operation permit and the inspection program, along with policies, staff development, and technological components, have resulted in water quality improvements in Hamilton County. A strong homeowner education program is part of the inspection program; success in reducing water pollution and the threat of potential disease in Hamilton County neighborhoods may be partially attributed to persuasive homeowner education.
- Publication
Journal of Environmental Health, 1999, Vol 62, Issue 2, p21
- ISSN
0022-0892
- Publication type
Journal Article