Commission Proceedings 



Straight Pipe Elimination Program 



Terrell Jones, Supervisor of the Wastewater Discharge Elimination (WaDE) Program 

 in the Onsite Wastewater Services Branch of the Onsite Wastewater Section of the 

 Division of Environmental Health in DENR, gave a report on the WaDE program. This 

 program is also known as the straight pipe elimination program. He explained that a 

 straight pipe could be a system that pipes all household sewage directly into a stream, a 

 bypass of a septic tank for gray water, or a malfunctioning septic tank. He described the 

 program and said that it could be much more efficient if it were consolidated, rather than 

 administered by each county separately. ERC members requested more detailed 

 information on the results of the program and the cost to eliminate each straight pipe. 



