Name: Northwest Michigan officials study regional septic-waste disposal risks, 2004
Start: 2004
End: 2004
Location: Beaver Island

Event

Date: 2004
Kind: Medical
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: environmenthealthcaregovernanceinfrastructurecommunication
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The November 2004 Beaver Beacon described regional public-health meetings about septic-waste disposal. Officials estimated tens of thousands of on-site systems in the four-county area and considered centralized or multi-plant treatment to address growing development and health risks.

Evidence limits

This is a newspaper account of a regional policy discussion, not a final engineering plan or adopted system.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, November 2004, "Septic System Dangers."
Reports a year of Northwest Michigan Community Health Agency meetings on septic-waste disposal, estimates 55,000–80,000 on-site systems in four counties, and discusses a possible multi-county treatment system. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
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Beaver Beacon, November 2004, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held issue scan confirms the regional public-health report.
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Beaver Island Archive, “Northwest Michigan officials study regional septic-waste disposal risks, 2004”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-septic-system-dangers-2004/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, November 2004, "Septic System Dangers." (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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