Entries Tagged Cesspool

When a Florida legislator introduced a bill in early 2017 to require inspections of septic systems when a property is sold, part...

Suffolk County, New York, has pushed to replace common cesspools with advanced onsite systems that reduce nitrogen pollution, and now a couple of...

There are an estimated 90,000 cesspools in use across the Hawaiian Islands, and now their days are numbered.This spring, the Legislature passed,...

In its early steps in rewriting the Waters of the U.S. Rule, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently sent letters to several...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has issued fines for illegal large-capacity cesspools in Hawaii, which recently became the last state to ban...

Recent testing of hundreds of lakes and rivers in northcentral Minnesota showed no signs of contamination from septic systems. The Minnesota Pollution...

The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency has proposed a ban on labeling wipes as being flushable or safe for septic or sewer systems....

The Chautauqua County Board of Health will begin inspecting all private onsite wastewater systems within 250 feet of its five lakes in...

Removing existing cesspools from service after a property is sold is among the changes to onsite wastewater rules to be considered in...

As Hawaii continues to reduce the number of cesspools in use across the islands, several businesses have been fined by the U.S....

The Maryland Board of Public Works in June approved $14 million in grant funding to help upgrade septic systems in rural parts...

A manufacturer of wet wipes has agreed to stop promoting its product as being flushable and will no longer claim they are...

Why do we still find regional areas where antiquated cesspools are still allowed as a decentralized wastewater solution a generation or more...

Tom Hoeffken, a third-generation entrepreneur, grew up in the excavating business his grandfather started in the 1890s. Today, he and his son, Gabe,...