Sewage


Attention: Certified Septic System Installers, residential developers, commercial builders, residential homebuilders, surveyors, and realtors:

The following guidelines have been developed in order to clarify procedures for permitting, and installing, on-site septic tank sewage disposal systems.

This comes as part of our efforts at promoting a clearer understanding between all parties involved in order that we may provide a better service to the property development and homebuilding industry, and, so that you can provide a better product to the end consumer.

On-site sewage disposal systems are no longer considered a temporary solution. Nationally, a consensus has been reached between government and private sector wastewater professionals that on-site systems are a suitable, and oftentimes preferred alternative, to central sewage systems. This is only true when proper care is taken in all phases of the design, permitting, and installation process; and when a properly installed system is then properly protected and maintained.

Much work goes into testing, evaluating, and delineating a septic system Reserve Area prior to subdivision approval in Berkeley County. Once that approval is given, this area is to be dedicated and used for one thing only: the installation and maintenance of the on-site sewage disposal system. We must protect these areas at all times, and do no work while soils are wet. The reserve area boundary must be permanently, and accurately marked !

Please keep in mind the maintenance requirements of the septic system. Help us to educate the homeowner with regard to keeping traffic off of the drainfield area, restricting grease and other undesirables from the system, and in pumping the tank at required intervals.