McIntyre, a small city in Wilkinson County 30 miles east of Macon, broke ground Monday on a new public sewer system that’s been years in the making.

Catherine Flowers, founder of the Alabama Center for Rural Enterprise, won a 2020 MacArthur "Genius Grant" for bringing attention to the sanitation crisis facing both her hometown and across the U.S.

Sewer service can present an attractive alternative to failing septic systems, but it's not a miracle cure.

Home septic systems are usually out of sight, out of mind. You don’t think about them until they back up in your yard or toilet. But there can be...

By the end of the century, sea levels off the Georgia coast are expected to rise anywhere from one to eight feet. Climate change is also predicted to...