Who could have known a health regulation would cause so much trouble? Controversy over a Board of Health decision to reduce the minimum acreage needed to build a mounded septic system from five to ...

Sea-level rise and big storms are hammering coastal communities, causing increased flooding and land loss, saltwater intrusion, wetland loss/change, and impacts to local infrastructure. Communities ...

Did you ever wonder about the origin of the term “septic system?” The dictionary tells us, “Septic is to make putrid.” When people become septic or have a septic condition called septicemia, they are ...

GREENVILLE, N.C. (WITN) - Rising sea levels can mean trouble for coastal septic tanks, otherwise known as onsite wastewater treatment systems. “Septic systems will be buried about 2 to 3 feet deep but ...