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(a) The Town or County Engineer may require that soil borings and soundings be made in specified areas to ascertain subsurface soil, rock, and water conditions, including depths to bedrock and groundwater table, in order to determine the suitability of specific areas for the construction of buildings and supporting roadways. The number of such borings and soundings shall be adequate to portray for the intended purpose the characteristics of the soil and the depths to bedrock and groundwater from the undisturbed surface. The town or County does not guarantee, warrant, or represent that only those soils tested and shown to be unsuited for specific uses are the only unsuited soils on the development site and thereby asserts that there is no liability on the part of the County Board, its agencies, or employees for sanitation problems or structural damages that may occur as a result of reliance upon, and conformance with, this Ordinance.

(b) Where a Subdivision will not be served by public sanitary sewer, soil borings and tests shall be made to determine the suitability of the site for the use of private onsite wastewater treatment systems (POWTS). Such borings and tests shall meet the requirements of Chapter 15 of the County municipal code and Chapters SPS 383, 384, and 385 of the Wisconsin Administrative Code, and the POWTS regulatory staff (i.e. County Sanitarian) may require additional soil borings and tests be made to determine the suitability of specific areas for POWTS. The location of the borings shall be shown on the preliminary plat, and the findings, with respect to the suitability of the site for the use of POWTS, shall be set forth in a separate report submitted with the plat. [Code § 14.04-5.]