Westchester County Septic System Law Takes Effect January 24
A new law in Westchester County will require contractors who pump out septic systems to report to the Health Department about every septic collection they make. The new septic system law will take effect January 24, 2008 to prevent ground and drinking water contamination. If contrators see septic discharge has leached into the ground they will be obligated to report it. The report must be filed with the property owner and the Health Department within three business days of the service or within 30 days for a routine pump out visit.
In northern Westchester there are about 40,000 homes that have septic systems and about 30,000 of these are within the New York City Watershed, which is 85 percent of Westchester.