Operators of a controversial 140-run dog kennel proposed in Upper Milford Township are making a couple of major changes — including adding a $30,000 sand mound septic system — to prove they are ...

Many homes in the Poconos have elevated sand mounds for septic systems with shallow soil. Sand mounds are required when the soil profile is less than sixty inches deep. Most homeowners plant grass on ...

It came to my attention on a quiet summer day in 1989 — heavy trucks were rolling down the dirt road. Trees were being cut down; stumps, bulldozed. Twenty truckloads of sand and gravel were brought in ...

Builders in Bushkill Township will now have a choice when they install elevated sand mound septic systems. Supervisors Thursday night agreed to allow builders to ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s website, epa.gov, one in five houses in ...

Dickerson resident George Worthington doesn’t envision a giant residential subdivision on his 137-acre property in the Agricultural Reserve. The lifelong Montgomery County resident bought just 10 ...

Q: Ive got a rather large sand-mound (septic system) in my front yard. Is there anything I can plant on it to make it look better and to avoid having to mow grass on it? Its out in full sun. A: Yes.

BACA-PREWITT, NAVAJO NATION, NM — As part of its ongoing collaboration with the DigDeep Navajo Water Project, the International Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Foundation (IWSH) recently designed and ...

SNYDERSVILLE — Many homeowners in Monroe County have persistent problems with their septic tanks and systems — and if they've moved here from an urban area, it may be their first experience with ...

CHESTER Local legislators say the current moratorium on forcing homeowners to convert to $30,000 vertical mound septic systems is hanging by a thread. Homeowners are urged to write Gov. Ted Strickland ...