TALLAHASSEE – The Senate has started to work on undoing a septic-tank inspection mandate passed last year to deal with thousands of leaky septic tanks potentially fouling Florida lakes and streams.

Legislation that would require regular septic tank inspections began moving in the Florida House this week as lawmakers work to address water quality problems that contributed to last year’s ...

Reader Question: We are home buyers who want to check out a well and septic system. We know nothing about them. We have city sewer and water now, so we have no responsibility beyond using them. Are ...

Almost half of septic tanks inspected by local authorities last year failed, which the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said poses “a risk to human health and the environment”. Domestic waste ...

The Environmental Protection Agency has found that more than half of domestic septic tank systems, used by households especially in rural areas to treat domestic sewage, failed inspection last year.

Last year, a disastrous wave of toxic algae hit Florida waterways like a tsunami, devastating our economy, environment and international image as a vacation paradise. There were multiple factors to ...