A septic system sounds straightforward—you install the tank, run the lines, and call it a day. But most of the regrets ...

So, while Gulf Breeze is eager to get city residents converted from septic to sewer, there is no great hurry to similarly ...

There are over 500,000 of them in the metro area, although we aren’t really sure how to take care of them or even how they even work. But when they stop working, hold your nose and run for cover. Here ...

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 ...

Compare plans tailored to your home & budget. Maybe the most dreaded of home system breakdowns is the septic system. A malfunction can, at best, prevent your toilets from flushing — at the very worst, ...

A comprehensive review of government and academic research from 2015 to 2025 confirms that eco-friendly septic management practices measurably protect groundwater, soil, and surface water quality.

Septic systems — typically an underground tank to trap toilet waste and perforated piping to let the liquid percolate into the soil — are used by nearly one in five American households and countless ...

People don’t like to talk about sewage. But no matter how much we would like to avoid it, the truth is that sewage treatment is the foundation of a city’s health and well-being. There are a lot of ...

Subdivisions can rise faster than sewer access, and many established suburbs still depend on aging septic systems that were ...

Commissioners in favor of the ordinance argued it simply mirrored existing state law and the action would allow the county to ...

About half of New England’s households are on septic systems. That’s the highest proportion in the country. For decades, most conventional systems have done well removing pollutants and pathogens. But ...