Editor's Note: After this article, which quotes the Abbotts, their septic system designer and the installer, we received input from several other sources, extolling the virtues of the Enviro-Septic™ ...

(Editor's note: The May 12 issue of the Rochester Times carried the story of a Farmington family, the Abbots, who were dismayed that the septic system of the new home they bought in 2004 had gone bad.

TRAVERSE CITY — A Grand Traverse County ordinance now under consideration would require septic system inspections at the time a property is sold or transferred, with certain exceptions. Approximately ...

Failing septic systems are an environmental timebomb across Australia, already degrading water quality in many creeks and rivers. Studies have shown leaching from poorly maintained septic systems to ...

TRAVERSE CITY — Michigan is the only state in America without a statewide sanitary code. That means residential water wells and septic systems are governed by a patchwork of local regulations, some of ...