While Santa Rosa County struggles with efforts to incentivize homeowners to give up their septic tanks in favor of sewer service, the city of Gulf Breeze is working toward a goal of eliminating all ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - Lowcountry environmental groups are celebrating a recent ruling by a circuit court judge about building large-scale septic tank systems. The court ordered that public notice ...

Lawmakers on a panel that reviews state regulations have temporarily blocked a proposed change in state guidelines for a specific type of septic system, a change that would make it cheaper to install.

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Gallatin County officials approved changes to the health code earlier this week to require new ...

The Iowa Environmental Protection Commission has approved an update of rules on septic systems. Eric Wiklund of the DNR’s Water Quality Bureau says the change involves aerobic treatment units or ATU’s ...

This coverage is made possible through a partnership between BPR and Grist, a nonprofit environmental media organization. Tropical Storm Helene last year washed out sewer pipes, overflowed septic ...

For years, St. Tammany Parish has been trying to address its large number of home septic systems that spew untreated sewage into the parish's waterways, creating breeding grounds for disease-carrying ...