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Commission adds 500‑foot setback and effluent limit to wastewater ordinance; tables broader amendments
Summary
After an extended public hearing with residents, engineers and wastewater experts, the Garfield County Planning Commission approved adding language requiring systems within 500 feet of waters of the state meet a 30 mg/L total nitrogen effluent standard and agreed to delay the bulk of proposed ordinance amendments for further review.
Garfield County planning commissioners voted to add a provision to the county's underground-wastewater‑disposal ordinance requiring any on‑site wastewater system installed within 500 feet of waters of the state to meet a total nitrogen effluent limit of no more than 30 milligrams per liter. The commission also agreed to postpone consideration of the broader set of proposed amendments for further study.
Caden, the county staff member who presented the item, framed the proposed changes as aimed at ‘‘groundwater protection’’ and told commissioners and the public that the language needed to explicitly require level‑3 or equivalent treatment within 500 feet of the Sevier River, Mammoth Creek and other mapped waters. He described one approach that adds a density control…
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