Alternative septic in Albemarle County: new technology, new worries


Employees examine a setup at Charlottesville’s Living Machine, a company that builds high-tech wastewater reclamation systems based on living wetlands. Their systems are one highly advanced example of alternative onsite septic systems, which, per state mandate, Virginia municipalities can no longer ban. Photo by John Robinson.

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