Septic system "clusters" in Santa Barbara County, (maps created by John Robinson). The red blotches indicate septic "clusters," or areas of heavy use. The big blotch in the middle of the county is Los Olivos/Santa Ynez area. The south coast map shows heavy concentrations along the coast and in creek areas, with the biggest cluster (at the left end of the coast) being Hope Ranch. These maps were made by GeoDigitalMapping, Santa Barbara, a business owned by former HTO Board Member John Robinson. Before these maps were made (in 1999) nobody knew who was on sewer and who was on septic systems. The digital mapping of wastewater treatment is now in common use around the state of California, if not across the country. John Robison gifted Santa Barbara County with the first quadrant map, when it was completed, during a Board of Supervisors hearing on October 1, 1999.
1st map: Septic systems of the Santa Barbara County South Coast (the largest cluster is Hope Ranch)
2nd map: Septic systems in Santa Barbara County (the largest cluster is Los Olivos/Santa Ynez)
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