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This is the leach field for a septic system. Septic designers have all sorts of options and can make a septic system work on just about any lot. (Tim Carter/TNS/TNS) Perspective by Tim Carter Do you ...

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 ...

A septic system isn’t much good if it’s clogged, and once it is clogged, it’ll cost a fair amount to pump it—but using a septic tank treatment every so often can help prevent this. If you don’t ...

Q: Marsha, I’m purchasing a home that is on a septic system rather than the public sewer. My home inspector strongly suggests I pay for a septic tank inspection. How do septic systems work? A: Your ...

Homeowners in unincorporated Longwood say they are concerned they may be required to abandon their septic tanks, some of them ...

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 ...

Florida has more than 2 million septic systems, writes environmental scientist Iuliia Istratiy, and the runoff from them has become one of the state’s most persistent polluters.

Staff from Summit County’s environmental health department presented to the Summit Board of County Commissioners at a Jan. 13 ...

On Tuesday, Brevard County Commission approved more financial help for those Florida is forcing to have cleaner septic tank ...

Colton Masters, director of environmental health for the Mahoning County health department, explains the new Household Sewage Treatment System Operation and Maintenance program that will affect all ...

As Susan Daly closed in on purchasing her next home earlier this summer — a cottage on a hill built in the 1920s in Oakland County's Highland Township — a home inspector's discovery of an unusual pipe ...