There are over 500,000 of them in the metro area, although we aren’t really sure how to take care of them or even how they even work. But when they stop working, hold your nose and run for cover. Here ...

Citing a lack of manpower and a request from the state, the Frederick County Health Department will no longer design a key part of home septic systems, although the department will still be ...

And it’s through that lens that state policy makers ought to be considering whether to restrict municipal regulation of septic systems. Most large cities have municipal sewer systems, where waste is ...