The Wellfleet Board of Health is working on regulations that would require owners of central district properties with cesspools and failing septic systems to upgrade ...

As Jennifer Loughran led a tour of Barnstable Clean Water Coalition’s Shubael Pond Project, she called a newly installed NitROE wastewater treatment septic system a “living laboratory.” “Maybe ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As Jennifer Loughran led a tour of Barnstable Clean Water Coalition’s Shubael Pond Project, she called a newly installed NitROE ...

The Massachusetts Alternative Septic System Test Center (MASSTC) in Sandwich has received nearly $3.3 million in state and federal funds to expand its wastewater research facility. Pollution from ...

Sean Kennedy was so enthralled with his purchase -- a sprawling, four-bedroom house in the Beacon Hill development near Leesburg -- that he paid little attention to the green containers in the back ...

Humanure composting is an adventure. There’s the buckets of waste and sawdust to take out every few days, no excuses. There’s the three or more compost bins to build and finding sources of sawdust.

MARSTONS MILLS — Two septic tanks may be better than one, at least when the second tank can do what the first won't. The Sandy Shores neighborhood along the shore of Shubael Pond will help test for ...

Gov. Timothy M. Kaine has not decided whether to sign legislation to nullify Loudoun County's five-year moratorium on the installation of alternative septic systems. The General Assembly gave final ...