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We live beyond the MUSA line.\u00a0 Not very far beyond, it cuts Andover almost in half.\u00a0 The Metropolitan Urban Services Area line establishes the land which must have city water and sewer. It snakes around the outline of the seven county metropolitan area, attempting to adjust the size and density of suburban development.\u00a0 Planning officials created the MUSA line in the long ago as a tool to prevent urban sprawl.\u00a0 It hasn’t worked.<\/p>\n
The house we purchased 15 years ago sits on a 2.5 acre lot and has its own sewer (septic) and water, a well.\u00a0 This has happened all around the seven county metro area.\u00a0 Larger size residential lots leapfrogged the MUSA line and went in with their own utilities.<\/p>\n
From the standpoint of personal independence I prefer our situation.<\/p>\n
At any rate this all means we have to manage our own septic system and our own well and water deliver system.\u00a0 Today we had the septic system pumped out–every 2 years.\u00a0 The guy who did it took off the manhole cover and checked the baffles. Who knew we had baffles?<\/p>\n
Anyhow this 15 year old system was made of concrete and the baffles had cracked and one had fallen off, so we had to replace them.\u00a0 In order to do this the guys from Kothrade Sewer, Water and Excavation had to get down inside the tank.\u00a0 Turns out this can kill you.\u00a0 The fumes.\u00a0 As I thought about it, I thought, gee, that makes sense.<\/p>\n
How would you like to make your living crawling around somebody’s septic system?\u00a0 Me neither.\u00a0 It cost $175 for protective gear to work in\u00a0 a confined space, an OSHA requirement.\u00a0 This is real danger, two guys in Minnesota in the last year after crawling down a thirty-foot deep manhole into a new system.\u00a0 Curing concrete sucks up 02.\u00a0 The first guy in passed out and died.\u00a0 His buddy went down to see what was wrong.\u00a0 He died, too.<\/p>\n
There aren’t many things worth dying for and our septic system is sure not one of them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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