Currently, SERCAP is developing a Septic System Maintenance Education & Pump-Out Program that will promote water quality and local source water protection through public education and financial assistance, specifically focused in Franklin County, VA and Pittsylvania County, VA. The program will deliver several Septic System Maintenance Education workshops covering comprehensive information on septic systems, including: Types of Septic Systems, How your Septic System Works?, Why Maintain your Septic System?, How to Care for your Septic System, What to do if your Septic System Fails, and Budgeting for Future Septic System Maintenance. The program will also provide financial assistance to low-to-moderate income (LMI) participants for septic pump-outs. Once an LMI individual successfully completes a workshop, the program will pay for an initial septic system pump-out at a 100%, and in five-years will pay for 50% of a second septic system pump-out. SERCAP’s Regional Department is finalizing the workshop materials, and has begun scheduling its initial online Septic System Maintenance and Education workshops for Summer 2020.
Without SERCAP’s Septic System Maintenance Education and Pump-out Program, and other similar programs and services, many low-income individuals and communities would be forced to go without such necessities as septic pump-outs, water/wastewater infrastructure solutions, reliable access to clean drinking water, safe and affordable housing, indoor plumbing, other community development and infrastructure needs, and more. It is important to remember that even in the US in the 21st Century; there are those who do not have reliable access to clean, safe drinking water, environmentally sound septic facilities, and affordable housing. In order to help SERCAP continue to provide assistance to both the individuals and communities in need, please consider making a donation to SERCAP’s Water Life! Fund!
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*Funding for SERCAP’s Septic System Maintenance and Education Program was provided by a Community Conservation Grant from the Virginia Environmental Endowment (VEE). Additionally, all of SERCAP’s program in Virginia are supported and leveraged by a Budget Appropriation from the Virginia General Assembly, which is administered by the Virginia Department of Housing & Community Development (DHCD).