I am writing as a citizen working for VDH.  In my 26 yrs or experience, I have learned that smaller septic fields means less time to failure.  With all my years of experience, I can not advise a homeowner to keep standard footprint when a contractor can change my permit. 

Maybe the homeowner should be made to sign a waiver that they want this product so when it goes bad, I am not to blame for contractor choices.

private sector people get to choose, why can't the public sector ones?  Do I have a differenct license?