Oversight proposed for Clancy septic

Clancy residents, who once confronted the prospect of switching to a public sewer system, now are facing another change when it comes to their septic systems. The Jefferson County Health Board has proposed the creation of a Special Management Area and Septic Maintenance Program, to be discussed with the public on May 18.

This Special Management Area would allow the county to have greater oversight of septic systems located in the existing Clancy Water and Sewer District (CWSD) — by adding the Special Management Area Designation to existing Jefferson County Onsite Wastewater Treatment Regulations. 

The proposed area would introduce septic restrictions and regulations in the CWSD regarding expansion of existing systems, permitting of new systems, and replacement systems as well as the implementation of a management program to enforce rules for testing, cleaning, repairing, and replacing existing septic systems and impose penalties for “failure to comply.”