As the country was settled over a few hundred years, we were primarily a rural and agrarian population. Houses located in the middle of a hundred acres of land had the same requirements for their ...

A good septic system is a miracle of human ingenuity, invisibly processing and purifying household wastewater and returning it to the earth. It’s an efficient, economical solution for households in ...

As a writer for Forbes Home since 2021, Emily specializes in writing about home warranties, solar installations, car transportation and moving companies. With a background in journalism and experience ...

As they prepared to put their Wyckoff home on the market, Dawn and Richard Schollin followed their real estate agent’s advice to have the septic system inspected. Bad news: Under state rules, the ...

Septic systems — typically an underground tank to trap toilet waste and perforated piping to let the liquid percolate into the soil — are used by nearly one in five American households and countless ...

There are 123 million households in the United States. Nearly one-fifth of them — some 21.5 million — do not flush toilet waste to a public sewer. They use septic systems — small underground tanks ...

Citing a lack of manpower and a request from the state, the Frederick County Health Department will no longer design a key part of home septic systems, although the department will still be ...