Many, if not most homes, in Sterling use a passive onsite wastewater treatment system consisting of a single compartment septic tank and a trench/bed subsurface wastewater (Pipe-In-Stone) infiltration ...

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 ...

Septic tanks are the second largest source of groundwater nitrate contamination. In this study, the feasibility of coupling a conventional lateral field with a sulfur-limestone (S/L) layer to treat ...

Septic tanks are a lot easier to understand than you might think. If you have only ever relied on city water and sewer systems, transitioning to a home with a septic tank might seem a bit overwhelming ...

Changes in the inorganic chemical quality of perched septic tank (S-T) effluent were quantified with distance from the leach lines in a semiarid area. The site was an unvegetated new rural residential ...

In the debate over septic system remediation, the option to convert septic systems to sewer systems is front and center. But will it really solve the alleged problem and can it be afforded? Recently, ...