Two structures with what Buncombe County officials said were "extensive" violations of environmental health and other rules along an important waterway have been demolished after a vote by local ...

Heavy rainfall and flooding can lead to problems with septic tank backups, meaning sewage can flow back into homes. Officials with the Cape Girardeau County Health Center say there are some things ...

As South Florida faces sea-level rise, flooding and storm surge, officials are working to switch thousands of septic tanks across the region into sewer connections. “Within a number of years they’re ...

ORLANDO, Fla. – Researchers blame rising temperatures, fertilizer runoff and increasing nitrogen levels from old septic tanks for a growing bloom of seaweed that made its way to Central Florida. The ...

GAFFNEY, S.C. (WHNS/Gray News) – A toddler died Tuesday after he fell into a septic tank in South Carolina, officials said. Dispatchers received a call at 11 a.m. for a child that was stuck in a ...