DOH wants to ban cesspools

[VancouverIslander]

A fair intermediate step for the time being would be to tone down the plans and just require all new construction to be septic fields or better. Perhaps at a later date they can start phasing out existing systems, but to one year allow new cess pit permits and the next year tell the owners that as soon as the property sells, it will require an expensive upgrade - that's hitting people in their wallets in a pretty unfair way.