In this month’s regulations update, Nassau County, New York, examines onsite systems for possible cause of high bacteria levels in a stream and beach; and citizens protest the proposed site of a portable restroom business in Madison, Georgia

Also in this week's septic-related news, a Florida man is arrested for his role in the largest illegal dumping case in Polk County history; and a couple is rescued after falling into a large sewage tank in Idaho

Also in this week's septic-related news, two boys are rescued from a septic tank 30 feet underground; and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan could have some septic issues after flash floods

Also in this week's septic-related news, a landlord is emptying his septic tank with a wheelbarrow and dumping it in a hole; and west Hawaii pumpers are fed up with their local treatment plant's policies