After decades of relying on individual septic systems, the Stinson Beach County Water District is embarking on an ambitious study to determine whether the beachside town should build a community wastewater system, a prospect once dismissed by locals as antithetical to their ethos.
The study, funded by a $1.5 million grant from the California Ocean Protection Council, will explore the technical, environmental and financial implications of replacing hundreds of septic systems with a centralized collection…