This amendment adds language directing the Virginia Department of Health (VDH) and Department of Environmental Quality, in partnership with the Middle Peninsula Planning District Commission, to initiate a three-year pilot program designed to study the use of engineered septic systems that house and treat sewage effluent in an elevated, self-contained unit suitable for areas with high water tables and susceptible to flooding in Coastal Virginia. A companion amendment in Item 114 provides funding to Middle Peninsula Planning District Commission for costs associated with the pilot program.