Brevard County commissioners unanimously backed a major overhaul of the county's septic tank rules in an effort to reduce harmful nitrogen and phosphorus from going into the Indian River Lagoon. The ...
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 ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rising seas are causing septic systems across the South to fail, leading to public health concerns and costly repairs for ...
A properly operating alternative septic system “allows the drain field to operate over a longer period of time, and allows for a smaller footprint of land,” as compared to conventional systems, said ...
Adapting sanitation systems to a fast-changing ecological reality is a challenge not only for big municipal institutions. According to new research, many septic systems — which are simple, backyard ...
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 ...
BACA-PREWITT, NAVAJO NATION, NM — As part of its ongoing collaboration with the DigDeep Navajo Water Project, the International Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Foundation (IWSH) recently designed and ...
Septic-to-sewer conversion is the policy, but until enough sewage treatment plants are built, there will be septic systems feeding blue-green algae.