New York Articles

When President Donald Trump signed the 2018 Farm Bill on Dec. 20, it included a present for onsite installers. A few paragraphs...

New York City is about to revise its watershed rules, and that includes how onsite systems are handled. Changes also include how the...

Engineers working on Lake George in upstate New York believe they’re about to crack the code to protect water quality on bodies...

With its extensive history of settlement, Long Island, New York, also has a lengthy history with cesspools. Nitrogen pollution is now pushing...

After several years of investigations into the cause of high bacteria levels at a local beach, the Nassau County (New York) Legislature...

Year after year, organizations fund grant programs to improve water quality by helping people repair or replace failing onsite systems, and a...

The New York Legislature is considering three bills that could reduce the cost of onsite systems for state residents. One would remove the...

An investigator’s report shows the Florida septic tank where a small boy died last year was not secured as it should have...

A septic company in Colchester, Vermont, must pay a $58,550 fine for unlawfully transporting and storing septage. Since 2006, Enviro Tech of VT Septic...

On the eastern end of New York’s Long Island, Suffolk County is home to wealthy communities such as the Hamptons. It’s also...

In October, California Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill to set up a framework for direct potable reuse of wastewater. Now California...

In States Snapshot, we visit with a member of a state, provincial or national trade association in the decentralized wastewater industry. This...

On Jan. 1, new regulations took effect in Arizona that expand the use of reclaimed water to meet various demands including, under...

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