The primary reason septic systems fail prematurely is the migration of fine solids and grease into the drainfield. Once these solids enter the soil treatment area, they clog the soil pores, creating a ...

The Charleston region — Charleston, Berkeley and Dorchester counties — is growing at a pace few communities in the Southeast can match. New families, employers and retirees arrive every day, drawn by ...

MINNEAPOLISMINNEAPOLIS — Members of a deeply conservative Amish community in Minnesota don’t need to install septic systems to dispose of their “gray water,” the state Court of Appeals ruled Monday in ...

Dear James: We have a septic system at our small farmhouse. It would be convenient to add a garbage disposal in the kitchen. Can we use a garbage disposal with a septic system? — Joyce D. Dear Joyce: ...