Adapting sanitation systems to a fast-changing ecological reality is a challenge not only for big municipal institutions. According to new research, many septic systems — which are simple, backyard ...

About 26 million homes in the US are served by septic systems. That’s a lot of real estate, and a lot of financial exposure should something go wrong with your septic system. Since septic system ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s website, epa.gov, one in five houses in ...

With millions of people across the country under stay-at-home orders, home wastewater systems are getting more use. For many Americans that means increased use of septic tanks. The number of homes ...

Do you wonder how septic systems work? I never gave it much thought in all the years I lived in Cincinnati. Every house I lived in was connected to a municipal sewer line. Just about every house I ...

For many people who live on a lake a sewer system is not available. They rely on Individual Sewage Treatment Systems, commonly called septic systems, to treat and disperse waste and recycle water. A ...

The Internal Revenue Service will no longer count as taxable income Suffolk County grants to help homeowners upgrade to new high-tech septic systems, in a decision that will help environmentally ...

Sewer or Septic?: When It Comes to Sewage, Most People Prefer to Share the Burden Although shared sewers and private septic tanks each have environmental pros and cons, septic systems place the ...

South Carolina’s waterways are being threatened as residential growth continues to feed a proliferation of septic systems in the state. Those systems frequently are not properly maintained, and they ...

Perhaps the last thing anybody wants to think about during chemo is a sewer system. If you live in a rural area, however, getting advice about how to pamper your septic system can be helpful. Living ...