Bolton Couple Installs a New Wastewater Treatment System In Their Home to Help Protect Lake George Water Quality
Scott and Jennifer Jacobs didn’t think twice when presented with the idea of replacing the antiquated cesspool at their 100-year-old “empty nester” home in the Town of Bolton with a small-scale wastewater treatment system … inside the house. (On second thought, they say with a laugh, they might have mulled it over just a little.) But the couple knew that Finkle Brook, which meanders along the rear of their property about a mile from Lake George, is one of the main tributaries feeding the Lake, and any nutrients and contaminants from wastewater and stormwater entering the Brook inevitabl ...