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Skagit County begins updates to on-site sewage code to match new state rules
Summary
Skagit County Public Health presented proposed revisions to local on-site sewage (septic) regulations to align with Washington State Board of Health rule changes and to add local clarifications and new operational requirements; work sessions and a public hearing are planned.
Skagit County Public Health presented proposed revisions to the county's on-site sewage (septic) code on April 15, saying the changes are driven by recent Washington State rule updates and by local practice that had not been codified.
Charice Gaynor, an environmental health specialist with Skagit County Public Health, told the Board of Health that the local update process began after the Washington State Board of Health adopted revisions to the on-site sewage rules (WAC 246-272A) and that local codes “must be as stringent as the state code. We cannot be less stringent, and we can add additional, regulations or requirements.”
Gaynor outlined a timeline and steps taken so far: initial local drafting began in June 2024, the draft was sent to the Washington State Department of Health for review in September 2024, technical advisory sessions with local installers and designers were held in…
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