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 ...

For more than 15 years, Catherine Flowers has been spearheading a lonely and frustrating campaign in Alabama’s Black Belt to install and improve a simple but crucial piece of infrastructure for the ...

If he can find an audience, Jeremy Johnston could be talking soon to people around Clay County’s Doctors Lake about using state money to help replace their septic tanks with sewer lines. Before ...

Some are asking the question, are the septic tanks in our yards making the algae problem in our waterways worse? Scientists say leaking septic tanks aren’t the sole cause of the algae, but do ...

Q: We moved into our house two days ago. Yesterday, we came in from the yard to discover the toilet in the half bath overflowed and flooded the bathroom, laundry room and part of the kitchen. We ...

Q. Last summer we noticed a septic-type odor coming through the vents in the house _ more so when it was raining or damp outside. We had our septic tank pumped and a new drain line installed to keep ...

Flooded rural homeowners may have to deal with septic tank problems. Aaron Johnson of the Custer Health District gave a few pointers this week at the Burleigh County Commission meeting through ...

Heavy rains mean “tiptoe around the septic system” for those built before regulations ensured that such systems functioned properly in the San Antonio region’s rocky soil. Kerry Dike, a homeowner in ...

Chris Jones worries about Lake Sherwood every time his family turns on the kitchen faucet or flushes a toilet in their home. The water body near Ocoee is overtaking several properties in Jones’ ...