State health officials estimate a quarter of Hoosier residential septic systems are inadequate, have failed or are about to break down, imperiling the environment and the public health. Yet two bills ...

ANNAPOLIS — Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley has put his signature on 294 bills passed by the legislature this year. O’Malley signed the bills, which included his initiatives to increase the state’s ...

As more people occupy the same amount of land, things change. A generation or two ago, it was perfectly OK in Harford County to burn garbage and maintain a residential dumping pit on a rural property.

A bill that limits the future use of residential septic systems passed the House on Friday with support from some Republicans.Opponents consider the bill a "big brother" power grab that will handicap ...

PARMA, Ohio -- The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency has issued a preliminary report that clears the way for a $1.5 million project that will eliminate failing household sewage treatment systems in ...

ANNAPOLIS — The House of Delegates signed off Friday on a measure to limit where residential septic systems can be installed. The House voted 93-45 to approve the bill, which dictates that counties ...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) -- A bill to limit where residential septic systems can be installed in Maryland is before the state Senate. Senators decided Tuesday to wait until later this week to debate the ...

Republican state lawmakers are seeking to “overhaul” Indiana’s septic system laws and make it easier for new residential sewage disposal mechanisms to be installed or replaced. But environmental ...

STUART — The size of septic systems allowed in Martin County has been bouncing up and down for several years, and Tuesday it bounced up a bit. By a 3-2 vote, the county’s commissioners approved ...

Republican state lawmakers are seeking to overhaul Indiana’s septic system laws and make it easier for new residential sewage disposal mechanisms to be installed or replaced. But environmental ...