Home Sewage Treatment Systems Video
In 2006, the Black River RAP received money from the Ohio EPA to create a video highlighting the impacts of home sewage treatment systems (HSTS) on a watershed. The video, produced in association with the Lorain County General Health District and Lorain County Community College, discussed home sewage treatment systems, potential problems associated with these systems, the need for routine maintenance, possible signs of system failure and steps to take should failure occur. Health department personnel will present a copy to every new and current HSTS owner in Lorain County at the time of system inspection.
The RAP Committee, realizing that impacts from HSTS are not specific to our Area of Concern, made the video available to every county health department in the Ohio Lake Erie watershed. The video contained contact information that is specific for each county. From this starting point, those health departments can produce copies for distribution in their jurisdiction.
In addition, word has spread about our video effort and requests for this video have come from coast to coast. The County of Los Angeles Department of Public Health and the Maine Health Beaches Program of the University of Maine Cooperative Extension Service/Maine Sea Grant have contacted the Black River RAP, asking for copies of the video. A small number of copies will be made available to any other health department around the state and country at their request.
The Black River RAP would like to thank Gay Eyerman for scriptwriting, Marc Bakst and his staff at the Lorain County Community College for videographic and production services, and Stephanie Charles of the Lorain County General Health District for project organization.
You can view the video by clicking here.
