As Jennifer Loughran led a tour of Barnstable Clean Water Coalition’s Shubael Pond Project, she called a newly installed NitROE wastewater treatment septic system a “living laboratory.” “Maybe ...

PLYMOUTH – It didn’t have the deep, low voice of warning that is best exemplified by a fog horn, but the Board of Health’s decision to postpone a decision on a request for variances for a residential ...

Out of sight, out of mind? If your home has a private septic system in Pierce County, you might receive a letter saying you need to get it inspected — even if you’re not seeing any problems with it.

Sean Kennedy was so enthralled with his purchase -- a sprawling, four-bedroom house in the Beacon Hill development near Leesburg -- that he paid little attention to the green containers in the back ...

The installation of innovative-alternative septic systems is being considered as a means of helping reduce the total nitrogen load in Megansett Harbor in North Falmouth. On August 31, the Falmouth ...

Suffolk County has launched an ambitious plan to clean the region’s waters by getting homeowners to abandon cesspools and septic systems in favor of advanced and more costly treatment technology, but ...

Nitrogen pollution from the septic systems that serve 70 percent of Suffolk homes can foul drinking water and seriously damage aquatic life in troubled waterways such as Brookhaven's Forge River. It's ...

Gov. Timothy M. Kaine has not decided whether to sign legislation to nullify Loudoun County's five-year moratorium on the installation of alternative septic systems. The General Assembly gave final ...