Many people were raised in homes that utilized a conventional septic system. A conventional or standard system is one that uses rock and perforated pipe, leaching chambers or multi-pipe systems and is ...

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 ...