Environmental health director: county piloting virtual septic inspections, PFAS testing ongoing
Elizabeth Townsend said the environmental health office has brought in nearly $40,000 in permit revenue year-to-date, has begun a DNR-approved pilot using TruePic for virtual septic inspections and has completed three PFAS tests that came back negative; she also flagged an open PFOS grant opportunity for private wells.
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Elizabeth Townsend, Jackson County environmental health director, told supervisors the department has generated “close to $40,000” in permit revenue so far this fiscal year and is piloting a DNR-approved virtual septic inspection program using TruePic. “The DNR had said that they would like for us to kind of act as a pilot for the state of Iowa,” Townsend said, explaining the county will trial the system for one to two years and the state may expand it afterward.
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