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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Overshadowed by the debate over Gov. Martin O’Malley’s bid to curtail rural and suburban development on septic systems, jockeying has been taking place in Annapolis around a less sweeping but ...