In the old days, like before Tuesday night’s Board of Supervisors meeting, an alternative septic system referred to a set-up that involves a different method of disposing of human waste other than the ...

An alternative solution to a septic problem was presented to supervisors during their October 1 meeting. Sewer Enforcement Officer John Belles, property owner Barry Andrew and his engineer labored for ...

A Wicomico couple has filed suit against Gloucester County seeking to overturn the denial to install an alternative septic system on 11/4 acres they own on Glass Road. An engineer hired by Robert and ...

Sean Kennedy was so enthralled with his purchase -- a sprawling, four-bedroom house in the Beacon Hill development near Leesburg -- that he paid little attention to the green containers in the back ...

Nitrogen pollution from the septic systems that serve 70 percent of Suffolk homes can foul drinking water and seriously damage aquatic life in troubled waterways such as Brookhaven's Forge River. It's ...

Bourne Harbormaster Tim Mullen last week invited board of health input into septic redesign at the Monument Beach Marina off Shore Road when the facility’s parking lot is expanded, upgraded and ...

Both houses of the Virginia General Assembly passed legislation last week that would overturn Loudoun County's five-year moratorium on the installation of nonconventional septic systems, after ...

The Massachusetts Alternative Septic System Test Center (MASSTC) in Sandwich has received nearly $3.3 million in state and federal funds to expand its wastewater research facility. Pollution from ...