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Owners say state-imposed guidelines on the size of septic systems have placed unrealistic burdens on the state’s 76 privately-owned campgrounds. To address those concerns, state Rep. James Murphy of Weymouth is sponsoring legislation that would direct state agencies to rethink their campground regulations.
Campground owners are challenging the state Department of Environmental Protection’s calculation that each campsite generates 90 gallons of wastewater a day. Industry surveys indicate the actual figure is closer to 32 gallons, said Jim Saunders, co-owner of Pinewood Lodge in Plymouth.
“The criteria they’ve used to designate how much flow is just off the charts,” Saunders said.
Murphy’s bill requires the Department of Environmental Protection and the state Department of Conservation and Recreation to meet with the Massachusetts Association of Campground Owners and review regulations that affect campgrounds.
Murphy said the bill is designed to prevent the loss of campground land which has been threatened by development in recent years.
“A lot of campgrounds have been sold off to developers,” said Murphy, who filed the bill on behalf of constituents who are campers. “They found it difficult to survive with the difficult regulations that are in place.”
The Massachusetts Association of Campground Owners, which has spearheaded the challenge of the regulations, has hired Hanover engineering company Merrill Associates Inc. to draw up an independent analysis of wastewater volume at campgrounds.
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But the state can collect so much more revenue (i.e. taxes) from developments than they can from campgrounds!
And why/how did the state come up with this number all of a sudden?
As a camper of 25 years, I feel that 90 gallons of waste water PER day is absolutely way off. There is no way that in one day a camper could fill a 90 gallon tank full. If you are talking about both tanks in a camper, you need to think again. I don’t know if any one of you have ever been camping, but I know I do not create 90 gallons of waste ANYTHING a day. PLEASE rethink this bill. It is so TOTALLY off it is not a laughing matter. You are putting the small Mom & Pop business out. Yes each campground should be thought of as a MOM & POP business.
I know this will never even be considered in your thinking of this PROBLEM, but I feel better having written to you.