Many, if not most homes, in Sterling use a passive onsite wastewater treatment system consisting of a single compartment septic tank and a trench/bed subsurface wastewater (Pipe-In-Stone) infiltration ...
MERRITT ISLAND — Every day, human waste seeps from thousands of septic tanks toward the Indian River Lagoon. Nitrogen, phosphorus and pathogens in the waste, coupled with high water tables and sandy ...