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Archive Home > 2007 > April > 04 > Septic science in south county

Septic science in south county

Proposed systems would remove nitrates from household waste

By Kate Ramsayer / The Bulletin
April 4, 2007

Flush a toilet, run a load of laundry or dump leftovers down the disposal, and the waste has to go somewhere.

In many houses in south Deschutes County, it's treated in on-site septic systems and then dispersed through installed sand filters or natural rock layers into the ground. And while those....

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