OTHER INFORMATION
This is an enormously complex
subject. It is difficult to determine how much information and how
much detail should be put on this web site. Expertise ranges from
those who can design a septic system to those who do not know they
have one. Interest ranges from not caring, to very concerned about the
cost, to very interested in the technical details.
The remainder of the information
provided here tries for a “happy medium”; so that people can make an
informed decision on how to answer the question “Do you want sewers or
continue with septic systems (which would a waste water management
district).
Some of the information was produced specifically
for Portsmouth, some is published by the State as regulations and
official guidelines, some is from URI’s nationally known experts in
septic technologies, and some is from other towns that have
implemented wastewater management districts.
WASTEWATER
MANAGEMENT DISTRICTS
SUMMARY OF OTHER WASTEWATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICTS
South Kingstown WWMD Regulations
Charlestown WWMD
Regulations
Jamestown WWMD Ordinance
Gloucester WWMD
Regulations
NarragansettWWMP
RI Law Authorizing Waste Water Management Districts
Summary of Municipal Septic System Regulations (beyond DEM
regulations)
INFORMATION
ABOUT SEPTIC SYSTEMS (ISDS)
There is an enormous
amount of information available for the homeowners about septic
systems. These are some of the better ones:
TWO VOLUMES OF TECHNICAL INFORMATION
are available at the
PORTSMOUTH FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY
also:
recommended web
links on sewers
RI Law on Municipal Charges for Sewers
RI Clean Water Finance Agency (program to help finance a sewer
system)
Other Municipal Sewer Systems
Other Sewer Usage Rates
SEPTIC SYSTEM &
HOME REPAIR LOANS
CSSLP Loan Program for septic repairs & replacements only
Eligibility depends on the Town’s adoption of a
Wastewater Management Plan.
Church Community Foundation – Several Programs – call (401)
846-5114 for further information
Rhode Island
Housing and Mortgage Finance Corporation:
Home Equity Loans
Home Rehabilitation Loans
Reverse Mortgages for Elderly Homeowners
AARP on Reverse Mortgage
Programs |