The Southern Nevada Water Authority board is delaying a decision on a policy allowing waivers for homeowners seeking a septic tank. As part of the septic-to-sewer conversion projects, many ...

Suffolk must streamline the application process and ensure there are no holdups. The state law permits Suffolk to hire staff ...

Richard J. Perkins, Septic Tanks, Lot Size and Pollution of Water Table Aquifers, Journal of Environmental Health, Vol. 46, No. 6 (May/June, 1984), pp. 298-304 ...

Eventually, clean water trickles into the groundwater. When rising seas narrow the gap between a septic tank and groundwater, waste can’t be properly treated.

To operate effectively, coastal septic systems rely on unsaturated soils to filter wastewater and direct flow away from homes. But in some communities, the shallow groundwater table is rising ...

Recent research links many of Lee County’s water quality woes to its septic systems. A third of all homes in Florida use septic tanks. Estimates in Lee County alone range from 100,000 to 200,000.

If you’re considering getting a septic tank, it’s important to know which size you really need. This septic tank size guide will help you figure it out.

Consequently, they found themselves at odds with Fillmore County, which has required homes to have modern septic systems to dispose of gray water since 2013 in a bid to protect the area's groundwater.

Gray water is more hazardous to public health than it might sound, wastewater treatment expert Sara Heger testified in the lawsuit over the Fillmore County septic system requirement.