Weekly Flush Articles

Also in this week's septic-related news, the DEQ gets involved after a residential septic is improperly emptied

Also in this week's septic-related news, New Jersey scraps a plan that would have allowed for the development of more than 1,000 septic systems in the Highlands region

Also in this week's septic-related news, a Wisconsin pumper truck driver is seriously injured after swerving to avoid an unlicensed driver and rolling over

In other septic-related news, Florida Gov. Rick Scott is booed out of a restaurant by protesters who are fed up with the state's ongoing red tide algae crisis

Also in this week's septic-related news, a 3-year-old girl in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, is uninjured after being rescued from inside a septic tank

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, a septic truck rollover in North Carolina requires firefighters to use extrication equipment to rescue the driver

In this week's septic-related news, a septic truck driver is lucky to be alive after crashing into a creek; and 12 families in a Florida trailer park are without water because their landlord hasn't repaired the septic tank.

In this week's septic-related news, a pumping company out of Iowa has its reputation dragged through the mud by telemarketers; and human waste is falling from the sky in Canada, and no one knows why

Also in this week's septic-related news, the Preakness Toilet Run celebrates its 10th anniversary, and designers are making wedding gowns out of toilet paper

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

In this week's septic-related news, a viral video shows what a dust devil can do to portable restrooms, and a septic truck rollover is reported in Stonington, Connecticut

In other septic-related news this week, a Massachusetts woman falls into a graywater tank while playing fetch with her dog; and a new podcast debuts covering the sad saga surrounding Noah Thomas' deadly fall into a septic tank in 2015

Also in this week's septic-related news, a congresswoman from Alabama calls attention to the onsite wastewater needs of rural areas of the nation; and a man accidentally pumps out his septic tank instead of his frog pond