Apparently there is a problem with the ground water in Ohio.
My family and I were considering a move to the beautiful state of Ohio. We love the state!
We love the country setting and looked forward to purchasing a home in the country. After a long search we found our dream home. Made an offer that the seller accepted. The seller is a widow who lives alone and is selling the home in order to move closer to her children.
We had a home inspection preformed. The gentleman who performed the inspection informed us that the septic system is working perfectly, as it has since the home was built and the septic system was approved by Ashland County in 1982.
That’s when the trouble began!
It seems that the septic system that was approved and has been working properly for 35 years is no longer acceptable to the State of Ohio. The only system that is approved for this property is the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System. Or NPDES!
This system is dependent on a pump that must pump air into the sewage 24-7. If the pump fails or the electricity is interrupted by a storm or God forbid the Russians or North Korea attack us with an Electromagnetic Pulse bomb or EMP and destroy the electric grid, the power could be disrupted for months.
What would happen then? Raw untreated sewage would spew into the environment. All this at a cost of $10,000. The permit for this system is for only five years and the Ohio EPA could not assure me that the permit would be granted again after five years.
Now remember the existing system is working and has worked properly for 35 years without using electricity that must be produced in a coal fired power plant. That means more green house gasses released into the atmosphere. That means more global warming.
That translates into more and stronger hurricanes. As evidenced by Hurricane Harvey and now Irma. Well the sale has been canceled. The poor widow woman can’t move closer to her children.
We lost our dream home in Ohio. Not to mention the affect of the lost sales this will have on the local economy.
Is there a problem with the ground water?
Jack Savage
Yucca Valley, California
