The Mathews County Board of Supervisors heard several presentations at its meeting last Thursday in the historic courthouse. One of those presentations was on a possible septic system solution for Hole in the Wall Waterfront Grill, a county-owned commercial rental property on Gwynn’s Island. Representatives of Triangle Environmental, based in Durham, North Carolina; Soils Inc. of Virginia; and the Japan-based global LIXIL Corporation, with which Triangle is now affiliated, spoke of the challenges faced by the HITW property, including frequent flooding, limited land space, inadequate soil depth for a traditional drainfield, and a parking lot that covers most of the property. Aaron Forbis-Stokes, PhD, head of research and development for Triangle Environmental, explained that the system the company has developed is about the size of a heat pump and would sit on an elevated platform on the property. Two prototypes already developed for sites in Gloucester and Shacklefords have been “run a...