In a major environmental and affordability win, Assemblywoman Rebecca Kassay announced the unanimous passage of her ...

Three members of a family died due to suffocation while cleaning a septic tank outside their house here on Wednesday, police said. The victims were identified as Prahlad Mandal (60), his daughter ...

Four men who entered a septic tank in Sitapura Industrial Area here to retrieve gold and silver particles died of toxic fumes, police said on Tuesday.

Tirupur: Two men died of asphyxiation and another person is battling for life at hospital after they entered a septic tank at a dyeing mill at Karaipudur near Palladam here on Monday afternoon for ...

Three workers died after they inhaled a toxic gas while cleaning a septic tank at a factory in Gujarat's Ahmedabad city on Friday (May 16, 2025), police said. The workers were cleaning an ...

More than half of 1,400 domestic septic tanks inspected by local authorities last year failed to meet the required standard. The Environmental Protection Agency said this is a real concern because ...

Over half of septic tank inspections by local authorities failed last year, with a “significant number” identified as a risk to human health and the environment, the Environmental Protection ...

Over half of septic tanks inspected last year failed the test, putting householders’ health and the environment at risk, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) warns in its latest report on ...

Heavy rainfall and flooding can lead to problems with septic tank backups, meaning sewage can flow back into homes. Officials with the Cape Girardeau County Health Center say there are some things ...

County commissioners have given final approval to strict septic tank rules designed to reduce the flow of harmful nitrogen and phosphorus into the Indian River Lagoon. Through its 5-0 vote on ...

Septic tank: Just the tank proper (not the whole system) into which wastewater drains. Sizes vary, but according to Angi, a typical tank for a home is about 5 feet wide, 8 feet long, and 6 feet tall.

The city of Jacksonville and JEA work off a ranked list of 35 neighborhoods for conversion from septic tanks to sewer service, a costly undertaking that totals about $1.6 billion for every area on ...