HEALTH CENTER OPENS OFFICE AT COURTHOUSE

Summer means construction and, with warm weather approaching, the Cape Girardeau County Public Health Center wants to remind the public of the new Missouri laws governing on-site sewage systems.

People building a new system or changing an existing system should contact the Public Health Center. An on-site inspection by an environmental public health specialist could be required for any of the following reasons:

-- the land measures less than three acres

-- two or more residences are on one commonly owned piece of land

-- a new business is being built on any size lot

-- a financial institution requests an inspection

-- an "aggrieved" party files a septic complaint.

To assist the public with fees and regulations on septic systems, the health center has opened a branch office in the Jackson courthouse. The office is open Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. For information concerning new septic system regulations, call the Jackson branch at 243-5233 or the main center at 335-7846.