Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When severe weather comes knocking, the question isn't if you're ready - it's how. From suburban backyards in Missouri to ...

Every time Isaias Martinez flushes the toilet or washes his hands, he risks losing his home. The septic tank behind the newly constructed house he bought for $627,000 two years ago started leaking ...

As South Florida faces sea-level rise, flooding and storm surge, officials are working to switch thousands of septic tanks across the region into sewer connections. “Within a number of years they’re ...

Before JEA finished the multimillion dollar installation of sewer lines in Biltmore, the disruptive work dug trenches so deep it look like small explosions had detonated in the Northwest Jacksonville ...

Seminole commissioners were hit with a stunning dose of sticker shock this week after learning a state requirement to convert most septic tanks near the Wekiva River and Gemini Springs to sewer ...

William Bolton of Quaker City Concrete Products of Leetonia carries out routine maintenance on a septic tank. Behind Bolton is service technician Shane Sadler. Most septic systems in Mahoning County ...

Seminole commissioners were hit with a stunning dose of sticker shock this month after learning a state requirement to convert most septic tanks near the Wekiva River and Gemini Springs to sewer ...

When severe weather comes knocking, the question isn't if you're ready - it's how. From suburban backyards in Missouri to multimillion-dollar estates in coastal Florida, Americans are getting creative ...