Q. I've heard all kinds of advice about septic tank pumping and am more than flummoxed. Some of my neighbors have never done it and others say it needs to be done frequently. When should you pump a ...

Replacing a septic tank usually costs anywhere from roughly $3,000 to $11,000, depending on the type of tank your home needs, the size of your house and the cost of installation. Because of these ...

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 ...

Nearly one-fifth of American households depend on septic systems to treat wastewater, and those numbers are even higher in rural areas like those found in the Mohican River watershed. Unfortunately, ...

I was inspired by the letter titled "Biophore may block water salination" contributed by Wolf C. Hofmann, Langerwehe, Germany (The Jakarta Post, Reader's Forum, Feb. 25). I would like to contribute to ...

Q: Never having had a septic tank before, we wonder how we will know when the tank needs to be cleaned without incurring a disaster beforehand. Two people have lived 10 years in this house with ...