Maryland Articles

Maryland has upgraded 6,550 septic systems to the best available technology through the Chesapeake Bay Restoration Fund since 2010. Nearly 3,800 of...

To help fund its Chesapeake Bay cleanup effort, Maryland already has a rain tax and a flush tax on both sewer and...

Septic service professionals in Wisconsin may be facing a bit of a quandary concerning their liability insurance. In two December decisions, the...

The first Norweco Hydro-Kinetic wastewater treatment system to be installed in the State of Maryland is right where Bill Towers wants it:...

Emission regulations for diesel trucks in California are becoming an expensive burden on small businesses. By 2020, nearly every truck in California...

Pollution limits set by the U.S. EPA to help clean up the Chesapeake Bay are being fought by 21 states that fear...

As of Feb. 10, new or replacement surface discharge septic systems in Illinois need a general permit from the U.S. Environmental Protection...

After five years of work, the Delaware Groundwater Discharges Section of the Department of Natural Resources has updated its septic regulations. The...

A 2012 law in Maryland has changed the entire landscape of the onsite wastewater industry in the state. The number of new...

As of the first of the year, onsite wastewater systems in Maryland will be required to utilize the Best Available Technology (BAT)...

Two Maryland counties have found a way around state-imposed development limitations across the environmentally sensitive Chesapeake Bay watershed, clearing the way for...

In the decades-long effort to clean up Chesapeake Bay, septic systems are the latest target of Maryland lawmakers. Provisions of the Sustainable...

The Sustainable Growth and Agricultural Preservation Act of 2012 (SB 236) limiting the use of septic systems in Maryland was introduced by...

Florida The Senate Environmental Preservation Committee approved a measure that would limit mandatory onsite inspections to counties with first-magnitude springs. The bill (SB...