Minnesota Articles

Inspecting onsite systems for Stearns County Environmental Services, the county’s planning and zoning division, enabled Minnesota regulator Tim Haeg to see a...

Close to 40 homes near Chatfield Lake in Lee County, Iowa, were notified in October that they had 30 days to install...

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

A series of bills to set a statewide regulation for the estimated 1.3 million septic systems in Michigan has been introduced in...

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 is working on a rule change that could require that septic tanks be pumped dry prior to...

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

When it came time to embark on a third career, retired U.S. Navy and commercial airline pilot Tom Wirtzfeld sought an occupation...

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

Ozarks Water Watch has received another $1 million grant from the Missouri Department of Natural Resources to replace and repair failing septic...

The British Columbia Ministry of Health has selected the OpusDaytonKnight engineering firm to review bylaws and regulatory tools for onsite wastewater management...

Winter is more than a seasonal inconvenience for Bob Billiet, owner of Mid MN Septic Services in rural Hutchinson, Minnesota. It has...

A property developer has been sued by the Missouri attorney general for selling lots he said had approved onsite septic systems when...

Sara Heger didn’t set out to be an expert in onsite wastewater treatment. It just turned out that way. As an engineer...