I currently do the routine maintenance on our sewer plant. I check it weekly, add tablets when needed, clean the motor  every month, have the  system pumped at a cost of $750 every  2 to 3 years. I take a field sample to EMI in Norton, VA once a year and they send it off for testing, send me the results and I in turn take a copy of the results to the Scott County Health Dept in Gate City, VA. I keep records of everything that is or every has been done to our system.      Everything that is done to the plant  is noted in a notebook that I keep. The Scott County Health Department comes once a year and also checks our system and I have their reports as well as the reports from every field sample we have ever taken. We buy Norweco declor and chlorine tablets which is expensive ($150.00 per bucket), we pay $65.00 to have the  field sample tested (if it needs to be retested add another $65). All of these costs add up! I cannot see why I must get a maintenance contract when all they will do is charge me $250 to write a letter stating they will do maintenance on the system IF I call them and tell them what the problem is. Believe me if there is a problem with my system I do call them and have it repaired, (yes, I have all of the receipts to back this up) so why should I have to have a contract that will cost me $250 for doing nothing except send me a letter stating that they will come and do maintenace on the system at my request.  I will still have to do all of the regular maintenance on it, keep  detailed records and pay out $250 to boot!  I don't need any additional costs added on to my sewer plant operation, especially when nothing is done to earn the $250.  I live within 1/2 mile of the Duffield sewer plant, (it is even on  the same road that I live on and we can't get sewer because there are no sewer lines run on our side of the road, unbelievable!  Give me a break, I can't afford anymore cost added to an already expensive system!  If we could get public sewer believe me we would in a heartbeat! Please rethink adding more fees onto an already expensive system to maintain. I live on a limited budget and just can't afford anymore fees.