Kneehill County council approved a new program that will empty Hamlet of Huxley septic tanks every two years while billing the residents for it.
The decision was made at the Sept. 23 regular meeting of council.
Councillors perused the results of a survey sent to all Huxley residents measuring their support for a bi-annual septic program which was presented by manager of utilities John McKiernan.
It was mentioned several times at the meeting Kneehill County also held two town hall meetings to discuss wastewater issues with Huxley residents.
“Administration developed and distributed a questionnaire to the residents of Huxley to obtain feedback on some of the issues presented in the study, such as septic tank condition, septic pump information, backflow prevention, and the probability of Kneehill County coordinating a program to regularly empty septic tanks,” …