If your home isn’t hooked up to a municipal sewer system, your alternative is a septic system, which includes a container buried underground on your property that holds and treats the water and waste ...

More than 21 million households in the United States use septic systems — not a public sewer — to trap and filter their toilet waste. The underground tanks are most common in rural areas, especially ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Every toilet flush and running faucet can place an additional burden on septic systems in homes ravaged by Indiana's floods, said a Purdue University Extension agricultural ...

Having spent 30+ years in residential construction, contracting, remodeling, maintenance and home repair, Deane now contributes DIY, informational and financial content as a freelance writer and ...

Buying or replacing a septic tank is a financial problem that for many homeowners can kind of stink, in more ways than one. From start to finish, installing a septic system requires detailed planning, ...