Frequently-Asked-Questions

Below we provide answers to questions we have been posed by concerned residents as well as questions asked at CSD and Planning Board meetings.

If you have a question for CASE, please click here and enter your question in the Comments section of our Contact Us form. We will try and get back to you within 24 hours.

[1] What has CASE done on the legal front to advocate for a more cost effective and environmentally sustainable alternative?

On July 5th, 2001, CASE filed a federal lawsuit that was dismissed in both the intial case and in the subsequent appeal. CASE has also filed environmental complaints with the CA and US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the California Coastal Commission. For full detais, please see Legal.

[2] What is the CASE common-sense alternative?

CASE is proposing a common sense alternative to the LOCSD Sewer Project that is both cost effective (33% less) and environmentally sustainable. The alternative entails utilizing STEP Collection, Trickling Filter Plant and "Purple Pipe" Disposal System. For full details, click here.

[3] What can I find more technical information on the CASE common-sense alternative?

For a more technical discussion, we refer the reader to a technical paper, Septic Tank Effluent Pump Systems, by Harold L. Ball, P.E. and Terry R. Bounds, P.E., presented at the 1998 Conference on Environmental Engineeering organized by the American Society of Civil Engineers. (If you have Adobe Acrobat, alternatively click here to download this paper as a PDF file.)

For additional information on the STEP collection system and Vericomm monitoring system described below, please see Orenco's website. Orenco, an Oregon-based company established in the 1980's, designs and manufactures advanced onsite (decentralized) wastewater technologies for individual properties as well as small communities that are not hooked up to centralized sewers or whose sewers are failing or at capacity.

[4] What are the costs of the CASE common-sense alternative?

The estimated cost of this proposed alternative is 50% less than the proposed conventional system, saving Los Osos upwards of $44 million in capital costs alone! For more information about estimated costs and a comparison to the LOCSD Sewer Project, see Costs.

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