12/24/2025
Sewer isn’t always the better answer. While people love to claim sewer is safer than septic, we just saw 78,000 gallons of untreated wastewater spilled during a single sewer system failure. You don’t see that with septic systems. Septic failures are typically small, contained and the concentration of waste is much weaker, while sewer failures are centralized, massive and untreated waste. Sewer has its place, but it’s not the flawless solution it’s often sold as.
I agree that all of the new developments must have sewer systems, BUT this spill reinforces that fact that we don’t have the infrastructure we need in place to keep allowing all the new developments. Responsible growth means making sure our infrastructure is built to handle it. Before green-lighting more large developments, we need the sewer, water, roads, and public services in place to protect the community we already have.
