An overview of the homes that would be affected if the city of Cocoa chooses to switch riverside properties from traditional septic to sewer or "advanced" septic. A potential shortfall in the ...

When it comes to pollution in the Indian River Lagoon, everyone has a boogeyman. In a year when a record manatee die-off put lagoon pollution under a microscope, some blame Lake Okeechobee's ...

As a writer for Forbes Home since 2021, Emily specializes in writing about home warranties, solar installations, car transportation and moving companies. With a background in journalism and experience ...

For more than a decade, fertilizer leaching and associated stormwater runoff were thought to be the major drivers of harmful algal blooms in Florida’s Indian River Lagoon. Despite the numerous ...

Septic and Lagoon Septic systems are necessary on any property without access to a public sewage system. The purpose for septic systems is to receive liquid household waste from the house plumbing. It ...

A potential shortfall in the estimated project costs to hook up nearly 100 Cocoa homes to sewers along the Indian River Lagoon has created a big stumbling block to efforts to replace septic tanks that ...