SepticSmart Week serves as a great reminder for homeowners to check their on-site septic systems. In Washington, about one-third of households rely on septic. That's close to one million homes!

Learn homesteader septic system basics needed to maintain your property’s waste processor. Adapted from The Septic System Owner’s Manual. David Hayward came home one summer day to find brown, swampy ...

A woman and her dog have been rescued unharmed after falling into the six-meter-deep sinkhole that opened up in her Southeast Portland backyard. (Portland, Ore., Fire & Rescue) Rain and recent sewer ...