Compare plans tailored to your home & budget. Maybe the most dreaded of home system breakdowns is the septic system. A malfunction can, at best, prevent your toilets from flushing — at the very worst, ...

Every time Isaias Martinez flushes the toilet or washes his hands, he risks losing his home. The septic tank behind the newly constructed house he bought for $627,000 two years ago started leaking ...

If you have a septic system rather than municipal sewer services, you know how important it is to properly maintain the tank and any plumbing associated with it. It can also be useful to know if and ...

A septic system failure can force sewage where it shouldn’t: Back into your home or the surface of your yard, posing serious health risks. To help Michigan homeowners get ahead of the problem, the ...

LISBON — Failing septic systems and hardship variances for sewage systems were the main topics of conversation during a recent Columbiana County Health District board meeting, starting with complaints ...

We’ve looked at a few houses with septic systems—which we learned is pretty common here—and we hate to admit it, but the houses that have them have moved down our list for that reason alone. We’ve ...

As South Florida faces sea-level rise, flooding and storm surge, officials are working to switch thousands of septic tanks across the region into sewer connections. “Within a number of years they’re ...

Fort Ross Elementary School District will be closed Thursday due to a septic system failure, the Sonoma County Office of Education announced. Fort Ross Elementary School District in rural Sonoma ...