Mandatory Sewage Transition for County Islands

"As cities grow and as sewer systems expand that these homes that are in county islands, that they transition", says Supervisor Perea.

District 3 supervisor Henry Perea says that the Mayfair and Calwa areas he covers have already made the switch, now it’s time for others, like Fort Washington and Sunny Side to do so as wellto help out residents some supervisors want to push the deadline back from 3 to 5 years.

"When you multiply that by hundreds of homes, you can see the issue of leakage going into the water aquifer and then it obviously affecting a lot of folks downstream", says Supervisor Perea.

"I think if it was a health concern and a health issue, no one would be willing to wait five years", says Dan Page.

Page owns Prestige Construction and a home in Fort Washington and says he doesn’t see why the switch is needed. He says, "when it comes up on you at late notice or you have to do it all of the sudden it makes you wonder why it’s being done"

Cost is another factor, it could cost home owners between $ 7,000 and $ 13,000 thousand dollars to make the switch.

"They are not happy with the $ 13,000 thousand dollars or whatever this price is going to be to come in and do it and in some cases they come into your yard and you’ll have landscape issues or driveway issues so it’s a lot of work and a lot of money", says Page.

County officials say that they plan on meeting next Tuesday to discuss this further.