If your home isn’t hooked up to a municipal sewer system, your alternative is a septic system, which includes a container buried underground on your property that holds and treats the water and waste ...

Q.We’re looking to purchase a new home that will need a septic system. How much will it cost to buy and install one? A. For new construction—a brand-new house with a brand new septic system—the cost ...

Dear Angie: We're looking to purchase a new home that will need a septic system. How much will it cost to buy and install one? -- Robert S., Washington, Ill. Dear Robert: For new construction -- a ...

Question: We recently purchased our home and assumed that it was connected to a city sewer. But now we’ve learned that there is a septic system that needs replacement, at a cost of $7,000. We hired a ...