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 ...

A divided federal appeals court is upholding a judge’s order that blocks the construction of new septic tanks in parts of the Indian River Lagoon, a move designed to protect Florida’s manatee ...

Editorial: SC shouldn't allow septic-tank subdivisions, but Legislature needs to fix that The judge continues: “As a practical matter, DES’s current process places Plaintiff in a classic Catch-22.

In June 2025, a rumor circulated online that 796 babies had been buried in the septic tank of what was known as a "mother-and-baby home" in Ireland. These were homes run by Catholic nuns that ...

TUAM, Ireland (WKRC) — The remains of nearly 800 infants and children are expected to be found inside a hidden septic tank at a home for unwed mothers. Long-awaited excavation work began Monday ...

The Department oF Environmental Conservation and St. Lawrence County Planning Office are encouraging residents along ...

Bill 175-37 by Sen. Chris Dueñas to allow the use of septic tanks for certain quarter-acre property lots drew often contentious debate during Thursday’s legislative session.

The low-lying Alljoy neighborhood has for years been plagues by sewage seeping into the street following heavy rains. Savings for new customers could be as much as $20K ...

More than half of onsite sewage subdivision approvals in Kent County over the past decade failed to meet state regulatory requirements, according to a Maryland Department of the ...

Preliminary findings showed that the remains of many of the children, some as young as 35 weeks in the womb, were dumped in what used to be a septic tank on the premises, an area now surrounded by ...