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Regional “Septic Question” project solicits public input on watershed septic policy, 2016

Also Septic Question Project 2016 · Tip of the Mitt septic policy report

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TypeEvent
Date2016-10-12
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Date
2016-10-12
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Public consultation
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Beaver Island
Eras
Modern era
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water-qualitygovernanceland-useenvironment
Within
Beaver Island

In October 2016, a Beaver Island notice circulated the regional “Septic Question” project’s final report and survey. The project examined septic-system policies across the watershed and presented options for local governments to consider in protecting Lake Charlevoix, Lake Michigan, and connected waters.

The archived forum post documents local circulation of the public-consultation request; it does not establish that Beaver Island adopted any recommendation.

Sources

  1. The notice relayed a final report from a grant partnership between the Health Department of Northwest Michigan and Tip of the Mitt Watershed Council, funded by MDEQ, and invited public comment on septic-policy options for the watershed. The forum post is a relay; the report itself is not held in this archive.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 10 · t010945

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Beaver Island Archive, “Regional “Septic Question” project solicits public input on watershed septic policy, 2016”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-septic-question-project-2016/, accessed [date], citing Bob Tidmore, “The Septic Question,” Beaver Island Forum, October 12, 2016..

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