Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s website, epa.gov, one in five houses in ...

It came to my attention on a quiet summer day in 1989 — heavy trucks were rolling down the dirt road. Trees were being cut down; stumps, bulldozed. Twenty truckloads of sand and gravel were brought in ...

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 ...

Which septic tank treatment is best? Many homes, especially in rural areas, use a septic system for managing wastewater. To ensure trouble-free use, a septic tank does require regular inspection and ...

n the mountains high above Greenville the Saluda River runs clear and cold. But it also runs polluted. Too many nutrients — the product of human and animal waste — flood into the river or its smaller ...

TUSCALOOSA | Dr. Max Moody bought the second lot in the NorthRiver subdivision, which borders Lake Tuscaloosa, and moved into his home in 1975. He, along with others who live around Lake Tuscaloosa, ...

Efforts to clean up polluted springs in Florida now include a state rebate for homeowners opting to replace their septic systems with models that perform better. The Florida Department of ...

VERO BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) — For more than a decade, fertilizer leaching and associated stormwater runoff were thought to be the major drivers of harmful algal blooms in Florida’s Indian River Lagoon.

The comprehensive plan developed by Greenville County in 2020 called for limiting new private septic systems due to environmental concerns and to encourage development around existing or proposed ...

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