Marine Recovery Areas
Marine Recovery Areas: Washington’s Nitrogen-Reduction Rules Explained Of everything in this cluster, this is the post that has nothing to do with soil type. If your property falls inside a designated Marine Recovery Area along Puget Sound, you can be required to install nitrogen-reducing septic technology regardless of how well your soil would otherwise perform — because the target here isn’t drinking water, it’s the health of the Sound itself. Why nitrogen, and why the Sound specifically: Excess nitrogen entering…