Action | Amend regulations to license onsite sewage system professionals. |
Stage | Proposed |
Comment Period | Ended on 3/6/2009 |
A bond and warranty must be required by all vendors participating in the design and installation of onsite sewage systems. Currently when systems fail, the vendors in the ecosystem have already been paid, and short of expensive legal action by the home owner, no one holds them accountable for failing systems. Vendors are allowed to tune out or just walk away with no obligation to correct mistakes. Currently the home owner shoulders the entire financial and legal burden for dealing with the VDH and the failing system. This is a huge gap that has been missed prior to allowing onsite sewage systems to be used in Virginia.