Obviously, the more complex the system in a community the greater the operating and the financial cost to the community as a whole and to individual households making up the community. Both sets of costs need to be covered, but it is the individual households who pay for the community costs as well!
What follows is a link to a really good home maintenance guide on line. It covers sewer and septic issues:
The community eventually gets into the management issues for sewers in the area:
http://proceedings.esri.com/library/userconf/proc05/papers/pap1378.pdf
A good discussion about winterizing your home:
General plumbing information guide:
http://www.theplumber.com/handbook.html
The pump and grind system from and engineering perspective:
http://www.pump-zone.com/articles/439.pdf
A very good discussion of alternatives to pump and grind as well as overall:
http://www.uri.edu/ce/wq/NEMO/Publications/PDFs/WW.ChoosingSystem.pdf
Another discussion focusing on pressure sewer systems:
http://www.awwoa.ab.ca/pdfs/PresSewer.pdf
A description of what to expect if you get and pump and grinder system:
http://www.hagerstownmd.org/utilities/Wastewater/grinderpump.html
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