According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s website, epa.gov, one in five houses in our nation have septic systems. You may be looking to purchase one of them or add to that number by ...

The state is proposing a program to give blanket approval to subdivision septic systems, but like many things in Montana, one ...

Having a septic system is a necessity and can be unsightly with aboveground pipes, risers, ventilation systems, or large mounds. However, homeowners can carefully landscape around these problem items.

The hands-on homesteaders at Mason Dixon Acres explore the high costs of sand mound septic systems and the impact on their ...

Editor's Note: After this article, which quotes the Abbotts, their septic system designer and the installer, we received input from several other sources, extolling the virtues of the Enviro-Septic™ ...

A hatch to a septic system spreading underground hides under a blanket of snow. (Photo: Donna Kallner) One day last summer when I was working the U.S. Census, I visited a cluster of homes on a narrow ...

Tissue use isn't normally the theme of a family meeting. But after Kylee Turner, Moore's Sand and Septic Inc. senior technician, revealed two feet of built-up tissue paper in a client's septic system, ...

Learn homesteader septic system basics needed to maintain your property’s waste processor. Adapted from The Septic System Owner’s Manual. David Hayward came home one summer day to find brown, swampy ...

Do you wonder how septic systems work? I never gave it much thought in all the years I lived in Cincinnati. Every house I lived in was connected to a municipal sewer line. Just about every house I ...

This is what my septic system looked like during the height of failure. The sewage is about 24” above the outlet of the tank and threatening to spill out onto the lawn. June 2011 was a bad time at my ...

(Editor's note: The May 12 issue of the Rochester Times carried the story of a Farmington family, the Abbots, who were dismayed that the septic system of the new home they bought in 2004 had gone bad.

Q: Some garbage disposals are advertised as suitable for homes with septic systems. Is it smart to install one? A: You can if you want to, but plan to have your septic tank pumped — or at least ...