For whatever it's worth .....

We ran the numbers on a private well & septic system vs municipal hook ups and it came out to be about the same cost over a twenty year period. With one thing there's the initial set up along with long tern maintenance costs. With the other it's a quarterly bill.

Can't say as i blame you for wanting to do your own thing. Give it some time though. They've already started taxing groundwater usage in some places.

BTW: Good call on the ethical dilemma. You did it the right way. Who knows .... it might be an easier thing in the future now that his daughter understands that it's kool.