A letter on cost!!!!!

So many misleading pieces of information on cost prompted me to call for an estimate based on my home. I just received a call with the estimate.

Equipment/Labor depending on which brand I select $12,000 to $18,000

Servicing from $800 - $1200 per year

Removal of current septic if required $2000 - $3000

Additional expenses that may like be incurred

Mound (fill) to keep lines 2’ above wet season water table. (I assume this is a distinct possibility as we are in the Wekiva Study area which coincides with the flood plain map and wetlands)

With or without the mound I need 54” of sand is required under the system. Determined before installation and would require excavation and fill.

I do know I will have to then use 1one ply toilet paper, stay very health as antibiotics are treacherous to the delicate systems, plan my showering, dishwashing and laundry carefully, pray the electric does not go out and lightening does not strike my pump, etc. I do know I do not have St. Augustine grass, do not water 2 X a week, plant trees to maintain my mature tree canopy to reduce evaporation and increase the cleansing of the air and I do not fertilize. The subdivision across from my house on sewer does all of this. I venture to say my nitrogen input is no where near the input from their lots. I resent the fact that I will be hand picked and penalized as an environmental threat more so than another taxpayer across the street.

I have read the final 2007 study and the other documents. I find them inconclusive as to the impact of these systems. The factual information they do generate points a much larger finger at fertilizers input of nitrogen than septic systems. I guess if I sold these systems I might be a proponent…even with the unrealistic cost of $7700 x 57,000 it is close to ½ a billion dollars. And yea! I get to hold the whole bag.







Thank you,



Deborah Wetter