ANNAPOLIS — Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley has put his signature on 294 bills passed by the legislature this year. O’Malley signed the bills, which included his initiatives to increase the state’s ...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) -- A bill to limit where residential septic systems can be installed in Maryland is before the state Senate. Senators decided Tuesday to wait until later this week to debate the ...

The regulations address inspection, permitting and maintenance standards for residential septic systems. SNHD said these ...

Republican state lawmakers are seeking to “overhaul” Indiana’s septic system laws and make it easier for new residential sewage disposal mechanisms to be installed or replaced. But environmental ...

A bill that limits the future use of residential septic systems passed the House on Friday with support from some Republicans.Opponents consider the bill a "big brother" power grab that will handicap ...

Republican state lawmakers are seeking to overhaul Indiana’s septic system laws and make it easier for new residential sewage disposal mechanisms to be installed or replaced. But environmental ...

MIDDLETOWN — Newly planned inspections for residential septic tanks are raising concerns for some residents. On March 21, the Middletown health department sent out 718 letters — including some to ...

State health officials estimate a quarter of Hoosier residential septic systems are inadequate, have failed or are about to break down, imperiling the environment and the public health. Yet two bills ...

Eight home septic systems investigated as possible sources of contamination of a Glen Cove beach are not discharging waste directly into a stream that feeds into Long Island Sound, the state has ...

Editor's note: First-term state Rep. Julie Plawecki, who is quoted in this story as a sponsor of septic-system regulation, has died at age 54. SALINE, MI - Washtenaw County state Rep. Gretchen ...