John R. Blount

John Blount - Director, Planning & Operations of the Harris County Public Infrastructure Department; Presentation - Onsite Wastewater Reuse Alternatives

In other communities, such as Harris County, Texas, where clay soil and heavy rainfall cause many conventional systems to fail, alternative systems have performed smoothly for years, according to John Blount, director of planning and operations for Harris County's Public Infrastructure Department. The county's first alternative system was installed in 1989.
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Blount said he wasn't aware of any backlash against Harris County's strict maintenance requirements. Then again, he said, "people know that if they don't want to maintain their system, they'll get a subpoena so they can explain to a judge why they didn't want to maintain their system."

County officials believe it would be easier for federal officials to review a single, large request listing several hundred sub-applicants than several hundred individual requests, each formatted a little differently, said John Blount, director of the department's planning and operations division.

"The easier you make it to review, we think it'll make it easier for them to approve," he said.

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Federal regulations require that the strictest rules be applied to a property between the time the new maps are produced and the time they get final approval, said John Blount, deputy director of planning and operations in the Public Infrastructure Department.
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Blount said the county will begin enforcing the elevation requirement 10 days after maps of each new watershed are released.

Starting 30 days after each new map is released, developers must use the new flood plain data when designing drainage systems, he said.

John Blount, PE, Director,

Planning & Operations Division,

John Blount, PE, Director,

Planning & Operations Division,

John Blount, Harris County Public Infrastructure Dept.

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