Economics is the study of how humans choose to use scarce resources. This may be at the global/national level or for individuals, households and firms. One can see concepts from economics in myriad ...

A worker uses a pump to unclog a blocked sewer line. Photo courtesy Getty Images. When shopping for a house, many homebuyers overlook the sewer lateral that runs below the ground of a property. This ...

Over 11 years and 570 episodes, John Rabe and Team Off-Ramp scoured SoCal for the people, places, and ideas whose stories needed to be told, and the show became a love-letter to Los Angeles. Now, John ...

Recently, the county received notice that the state of New York had approved an additional $3 million toward the cost of extending sewers up the west side of Chautauqua Lake as far as Stow. This means ...

Q. I own about 1 acre within the city limits on top of a hill. On my recorded deed is an easement within my property lines dedicated to an above-ground sewer line. The sewer is unique to my property.

A British adage says “where there’s muck, there’s brass” — with muck being manure and brass being money. That applies to a review by the Met Council of the “sewer availability charge” applied to ...