RE: Anyone have a cabin in NC PA?
Cardeer, not to question your experience but I too have worked in the environmental field. Worked many years for an engineering firm that specializes in water & waste water design. Dealt with on-lot systems and the issues related a great deal. Biggest joke out there are the people that think you do not have to pump a sludge tank to their on-lot system. LOL Where are all those solids going?? Just disappear right into the earth! LOL , yeah right.
There isn't a stream in PA that I would not drink from with out treating the water. For decades there have been cabins & houses with their outhouses depositing human waste directly into the ground and evenutally into the groundwater and local streams. $hit flows down hill whether it's overland flow like a stream or underground in the water table.
Bronko, just ask the township what the reasoning behind the requirement is. Typically samples are taken from wells and tested for various things that can cause you harm. Even though you are there only a couple days of the year your neighbors might be there much more and it could be effecting the water you are drinking. Also, that 50 year old out house could very well be contaminating your well water. Doesn't sound very tasty does it. Educate yourself some on the science behind the madness and you will have a better understanding of how things work.