Licensed septic tank contractor Thomas Wall told Action News Jax the responsibility ultimately falls on the homeowner. “It’s dangerous. We find it all the time,” he said. “They say ‘well I’ll fix it later.’ And then they never fix it later.”
March 29, 2022 at 4:24 pm EDTPUTNAM COUNTY, Fla. — The death of one-and-a-half-year-old Jose Lara is raising questions about septic tank regulations.
A near 24-hour search in Crescent City ended tragically when deputies found Jose’s body in a septic tank on the property where his family lives.“It’s dangerous. We find it all the time,” plumbing contractor Thomas Wall said.He said more often than not, homeowners cover their septic tanks with makeshift items like plywood.Wall said there are no specific regulations or rules in Florida for upkeep of septic tanks.He also said he hears about accidents like this about once a year.
“It’ll be somebody, somewhere in the county or somewhere in the state. ‘Somebody fell in a septic tank,’” Wall said. Action News Jax first told you when a 3-year-old boy fell into a Jacksonville septic tank and died in 2017.“That was a county project, and they didn’t put the screws back in and the kid fell in,” Wall said.So how can you prevent something like this from happening on your property?If for some reason you don’t have a lid, “Call a contractor, have somebody come out there and patch it or fix it, whatever we have to do,” Wall said.
Wall said his team is now carrying polymer lids on their trucks at all times to fix any uncovered septic tanks they run across, but ultimately it falls on the homeowner to make sure their tank is covered.TONIGHT AT 5: I speak with a friend of the Lara family who sat alongside Jose Lara’s mother, Maria. She says the family is thankful for all the community support after Jose was found in a septic tank yesterday. He was missing for nearly 24 hours.
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