If your home isn't hooked up to a municipal sewer system, your alternative is a septic system, which includes a container buried underground on your property that holds and treats the water and waste ...

The average septic tank has a capacity of 1,250 gallons. If it were installed above ground, it would be rather hard to ignore. But a septic tank’s work is best done beneath the surface of your ...

Thousands of Los Angeles homeowners with septic tanks could be forced to connect to the city’s sewer line or repair or replace their systems under a newly proposed ordinance. Some San Fernando Valley ...

Before JEA finished the multimillion dollar installation of sewer lines in Biltmore, the disruptive work dug trenches so deep it look like small explosions had detonated in the Northwest Jacksonville ...

Septic tanks are the second largest source of groundwater nitrate contamination. In this study, the feasibility of coupling a conventional lateral field with a sulfur-limestone (S/L) layer to treat ...

The septic tank registration process is now under way, according to the Minister for the Environment. Phil Hogan made the announcement at an Oireachtas committee this afternoon. A public information ...

Should the thousands of homes in Ormond-by-the-Sea that have for decades used septic tanks to process the waste from their toilets and sinks be hooked into Ormond Beach's sewer system? A 2013 report ...

Ginny Bartolone began writing DIY and home improvement guides nearly 10 years ago, covering everything from energy-efficient appliances to cracked foundations. Whether she's compiling cost information ...

As South Florida faces sea-level rise, flooding and storm surge, officials are working to switch thousands of septic tanks across the region into sewer connections. “Within a number of years they’re ...

Local authorities will take action against those who have not registered their septic tanks and complied with the law. Speaking on RTÉ’s Drivetime, Minister for the Environment Phil Hogan said there ...