I was once asked to describe the difference between urban and rural. Simple, I said: It’s septic systems. If you’re connected to a wastewater treatment plant then you’re a city person, no matter how ...

SEPTIC tanks connected directly to watercourses, inadequate percolation areas and sludge build-up are among the most common problems with septic waste systems in Ireland, according to one leading ...

If you own a home and are not on a public sewage system, chances are you have a private septic system. A septic system is composed of a septic tank and a leaching field that are connected together via ...

Towns in Southeast Alaska are suffering as a result of deep cuts to the ferry system — increased freight costs, barren grocery store shelves, late mail. And then there’s the freight most of us don’t ...

The ‘septage’ or the sludge produced in septic tanks will not enter the water bodies especially Yamuna River without treatment as Delhi Jal Board (DJB) has decided to regulate its collection and ...

In Florida, one of the nation’s largest waterways is in danger as septic tanks are disrupting the fragile ecosystem of the state’s Indian River Lagoon. NewsHour Weekend special correspondent Lisa ...