Scott Kendzierski, REHS, MS Director of Environmental Health Services Health Department of Northwest Michigan

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1 Scott Kendzierski, REHS, MS Director of Environmental Health Services Health Department of Northwest Michigan

2 Situated in Southern Antrim County and surrounded by Torch Lake, Elk Lake, Skegemog Lake and Lake Michigan 47.3 square miles Population: 2,204 (2010) Many seasonal residents and high property value on lake properties. No municipal water or wastewater facilities

3 Early 2010 Milton Township contacted HDNW Milton Twp. and HDNW worked to craft an ordinance and create an intergovernmental agreement. Many meetings were held with stakeholders: township officials, lake associations, realtors, health department staff, attorneys September 14, 2011 the TOT ordinance was approved. Implementation October 8, 2012.

4 Protect the natural resources Provide information to property owners and purchasers Raise awareness of ways to improve the life expectancies of on-site systems.

5 Evaluation of Water and Wastewater systems File search of existing permitting activity Assessment of the condition and functionality Determination of compliance with current sanitary code. Recommendations to improve existing facilities Corrections to mitigate threats to environment or human health Future restrictions on property

6 HDNW to conduct all TOT evaluations Provide an Annual report to Milton Township Continued improvement of program by enhanced inspection criteria

7 A new STDS installed within 10 years STDS evaluated within 5 years and found to be functioning properly Seller meets other exemptions under section 5 Structure will be demolished and not replaced Refinancing Spouse to spouse transfer Change of ownership to include a spouse Forclosure Transfer as part of a court order

8 Michigan s Water Well Construction and Pump Installers Code (Part 127 of Act 368, PA 1978) Michigan s Safe Drinking Water Act (Act 399 of Act 368, PA 1978) 2017 District Sanitary Code (Antrim, Charlevoix, Emmet and Otsego Counties) 1994 MDEQ Subsurface Criteria for Sewage Disposal

9 Evaluation of water supply system Well permit and well record review Well construction evaluation Storage and distribution evaluation Water quality sampling and analysis Evaluation of wastewater system Sewage permit and final inspection documentation review Septic tank pumping and volume determination Evaluation of system size and location Soil and groundwater evaluation Functional status

10 File Reviews Permits, well records, evaluations Well Evaluation well head, pressure tank, pumping equipment, isolation, capacity, water samples etc. Wastewater - # bedrooms, septic tank size and condition, pump chambers, controls, alarms, forcemain, final disposal area, soil and groundwater determinations, functional status

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12 Seasonal High Groundwater

13 46 evaluations in 2016 Comprehensive report describing findings Site diagram / drawing Required action, Recommended actions and future Restrictions

14 Finding Number of Cases Percentage of Total No well permit % Unapproved overlapping well cap % Pressure tank not available for inspection % Coliform present 2 4.4% Inadequate isolation 2 4.4% Shared well 2 4.4% Well cap not secure 2 4.4% Well located in well pit 2 4.4% Buried well head 1 2.2% Electrical components require further evaluation 1 2.2% Well location unverified 1 2.2%

15 Water Supply Inspection Findings No well permit Unapproved overlapping well cap Pressure tank not available for inspection Coliform present Inadequate isolation Shared well Well cap not secure Well located in well pit Buried well head Electrical components require further evaluation Well location unverified

16 Finding Number of Cases Percentage of Total Drainfield undersized compared to current Code % Tank not available for inspection % No septic permit on record % Recommend high water alarm % Recommend riser over pump chamber Recommend trim/remove vegetation over field Future use requires property line survey Seasonal high groundwater noncompliant % % % % Drywell 3 6.5% Inlet of septic tank uncovered 3 6.5% Non-conforming site 3 6.5% Soils not in compliance 3 6.5% Surface water isolation noncompliance 3 6.5% ATS required if change of use 2 4.4% Drainfield not located or identified 2 4.4% Community drainfield 1 2.2% Drainfield in state of failure 1 2.2% Legal easements questionable 1 2.2% Part of drainfield in road right of way 1 2.2% Verify tank integrity 1 2.2%

17 Systems of record averaged 20 years Assumption others predated 1964 permitting requirement and represent 50+ year old systems.

18 Since the ordinance was implemented HDNW has improved its mortgage evaluation process: Included drawing/site plan Added recommendations and restricted future use Added additional evaluation criteria 2017 HDNW in cooperation with TOM is mining data and using GIS technology to create high quality maps of collected data.

19 Stats for Milton Township: Number of Parcels in Township: 3080 Number of Parcels with records in HDNWM database: 1210 (39.2% of total)

20 Water Body Number of Riparian Parcels Parcels in HDNWM Database Percent in Database Elk Lake % Lake Skegemog % Grass River % Torch Lake % Grand Traverse Bay % TOTAL %

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22 Wastewater System Age Groundwater Elevation Septic Failures Soil Well drained / Poorly drained Wastewater System Type Well Depth / Age

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