Re:Zero energy ready homes are coming
by themitigating on Tuesday March 07, 2023 @04:49PM
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I don't think this is the case for suburbs, at least for water. Septic tanks are used I think
Suburbs aren't generally described as the "sticks." That would be exurbs or lower.
A typical suburban subdivision will have city water and sewage, though depending on the details, you might have a couple community wells and individual septic fields (or a link to city sewage).
Re:Zero energy ready homes are coming
by rootusrootus on Tuesday March 07, 2023 @06:57PM
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Suburbs are often on city utilities. And they pay for the infrastructure. You won't generally find septic systems on properties under about an acre. Not that it never happens, obviously, but a septic field has geographic requirements that means you won't often see it in a suburban neighborhood.
If you're 20 miles outside a town, you almost certainly have electrical service, but are on a well and septic system. City water and sewer doesn't make sense at those sort of densities. You also probably have the land to easily put a nice ground mount PV array in, and grow a good bit of your own food, should you care to.