Five years after building a wastewater treatment plant at a Union Bridge high school without any environmental or construction permits, the Carroll County school system installed a septic holding tank ...

Many, if not most homes, in Sterling use a passive onsite wastewater treatment system consisting of a single compartment septic tank and a trench/bed subsurface wastewater (Pipe-In-Stone) infiltration ...

Key Takeaways Mountain terrain and rocky soils present significant challenges for septic installation and maintenance. Proper design and professional support are essential for reliable wastewater ...

Unfortunately, there is no definitive timetable for cleaning and pumping a septic tank. Many professionals who do this work will tell you it should be done every three years, but there are septic ...

The writing is on the water: Outdated septic tank policies and regulatory inaction cost our coastal communities money, threaten our health and leave our waterways polluted. When septic tanks overflow ...