Q: I recently moved from a house on a city sewer system to a rural retirement home that has a septic tank. What can you tell me about septic tanks? At my last home, I had clogging issues in my main ...

Q: We own a small four-level home and would love to install a water softener. However, we are on a septic system and the lowest level (basement) has no drain since it would be lower than the septic ...

ALLENSPARK, Colo.—The folks who live in a dozen homes here that were served by an old sewer plant had to make a decision last year: Either fund an expensive study to find out whether their sewer plant ...