Pearland contractor sued over Friendswood septic tank
Ultimate Clear Lake
June 2, 2011 1:51 pm A woman is suing a Pearland contractor after, she says, he ruined her septic tank while repairing the roof on her Friendswood property. Sandra Meder filed a lawsuit on June 1 in Harris County District Court ...

Yarra Ranges says no thanks to smelly septic tanks
Lilydale and Yarra Valley Leader
YARRA Ranges residents stuck with unsafe and smelly septic tanks have overwhelmingly voted for better sewerage systems in their towns. Yarra Ranges Council has surveyed 8500 households identified in the Yarra Valley Water Backlog Sewerage Program who ...

Act against wells used as septic tanks, panchayat told
Times of India
CALANGUTE: Ring-type wells are being built in Calangute and used as huge septic tanks by commercial establishments and even by a Calangute panch member, posing a health hazard to residents who consume ground water, Calangute gram sabha members ...

 Sewage treatment plant proposed in Danbury worries neighbors
Danbury News Times
A proposal Danbury has 'never seen before' The proposal calls for a private indoor facility on Beaver Brook Road that would process as much as 50000 gallons of septic tank waste a day, instead of delivering it to the city's waste treatment plant. ...

 Flooding Can Affect Septic Systems – Ways to Cut Water Use
KFYR-TV
If you have a septic system, the drains in your home may run slowly or back up during a flood. “The septic tank generally is blamed, but a flooded or saturated drain field usually is the cause of these problems,” says Tom Scherer, North Dakota State ...

Chisago County Shoreland Septic Grant geared to help septic systems
Chisago County Press
The Chisago County septic ordinance defines a septic system as an imminent health threat if it causes "ground surface or surface water discharges and sewage back up into a dwelling or other establishment and seepage tanks." Failing septic systems are ...

 South Jersey Septic Mess Get Messier
MyFox Philadelphia
They are having problems with their septic tank too, and it was installed by the same company that did the Sammartino's. Paul Marques says Starns Septic System came out to look at it and told them what they already know, its not working right. ...

 Bad Septic System Fouls Development
MyFox Philadelphia
They say they did everything right and the septic tank passed the township's inspection. But just a few years later they can't even shower, use the bathroom or do laundry in their dream home. Mike and Denise Sammartino say through their investigation ...


  How Healthy is Santa Maria Creek?
Patch.com
The question of water quality in Santa Maria Creek has been raised by some Ramona Patch readers, in light of nearby old septic tank systems, winter flooding, water treatment facilities, homeless people living under some of the bridges and trash dumping ...

Unclaimed corpses dumped in septic tank!
iNewsOne
Ranchi, May 17 (IANS) Unclaimed dead bodies at a government hospital in Jharkhand's Palamau district were dumped in a septic tank by sweepers asked to arrange their last rites, a hospital employee said Tuesday. Officials have promised to investigate. ...

 Portion of South Bend backyard sinks into septic tank
WNDU-TV
Sewage and septic systems are an everyday convenience most people take for granted. After all, few ever think about the interstate of pipes and tanks that sit below ground. But what happens when part of your backyard is swallowed by a septic tank you ...

Dead in septic tank, yet to get justice
Nigeria Daily Independent
By Andrew Utulu CORRESPONDENT, Lagos Ngozi Eze, mother of a seven-year-old pupil of National Orthopedic Special School, Igbobi, Lagos, who allegedly died in a cesspit due to alleged negligence of the school authority about a month ago, ...