Underneath many homes and businesses in Miami-Dade is a concrete box. In goes human waste, and out comes somewhat filtered water. They’re septic tanks, the old-fashioned version of waste management ...

Seminole commissioners were hit with a stunning dose of sticker shock this month after learning a state requirement to ...

MIAMI - "I'm tired of the septic tank," said Monica Arenas, who does not look forward to going out to her backyard when she starts seeing water around her septic tank. "I have to pay a company every ...

South Dade’s wastewater treatment plant is getting its first serious upgrade in 30 years, a $600 million project that will put the county on the path to halting the practice of piping partially ...

In 2022, Roy Coley, director of the Miami-Dade Water and Sewer Department, center, greets attendees for the groundbreaking of the Connect 2 Project in Miami Shores, a multi-year, countywide program ...

As South Florida faces sea-level rise, flooding and storm surge, officials are working to switch thousands of septic tanks across the region into sewer connections. “Within a number of years they’re ...

Miami wants to attract even more out-of-state workers and wealthy newcomers like hedge fund tycoon Ken Griffin. But first, County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava faces a huge environmental problem: ...

A Miami-Dade County firefighter holds a dog he and his colleagues rescued from an abanodoned septic tank at a construction site Thursday, Aug. 21, 2025. Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Miami-Dade firefighters ...

Residents at a northeast Miami-Dade apartment building say they have been forced to live in stinky and unsanitary conditions due to a broken septic tank. The mess has affected people who live on the ...