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Health department seeks $10,000 to expand monitoring-well network; commissioners tell staff to use fund balance and revisit fees
Summary
Public health officials asked commissioners for $10,000 to expand the county’s shallow monitoring‑well network to provide more localized data for septic perk-season decisions. Commissioners agreed to use fund balance for an initial investment and asked staff to propose a targeted fee change to cover ongoing maintenance.
St. Mary’s County health department staff asked commissioners on March 12 to approve $10,000 to add shallow monitoring wells to the county network used to determine the start and end of the septic perk season.
Why it matters: The county relies on the monitoring-well network to judge groundwater levels and, therefore, whether septic systems in specific areas can pass perk tests. County staff said the current network is dated and sparse in some parts of…
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