Wekiva septic conversion stinks for homeowners but it may save the springs

Some homeowners in Orange County neighborhoods near Wekiwa Springs and Rock Springs pooh-pooh the science blaming their septic systems for pollution in the water, but they’re ready to switch to sewers.

For instance, Andrea Samson, editor of The Sludge Report, a blog about the controversy, doubts that septic systems are at fault but she’s now in favor of installing sewers in her neighborhood.

For homeowners like her, expensive sewers are a cheaper fix for what the state believes is the major source of chemical pollutants impairing the springs and feeding gooey green algae blooms.

“You can doubt the science until the cows come home but it’s a moot point,” said Samson, who bought her home in Bent Oak in 1989. “The law’s the law."