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Fairfield County remains one of the fastest growing
counties in the state. With nearly 82,000 new people
expected to move to Fairfield County by the year 2030, the
county's infrastructure will soon begin to feel pressure from
this continued growth. With this growth comes an increase in the
number of sewage treatment systems.
Your Fairfield Department of Health is responsible for
overseeing the siting, design, and installation of Household
Sewage Treatment System (HSTS) and Small Flow Onsite Sewage
Treatment Systems (SFOSTS). HSTS are septic
systems for 1, 2 or 3 family dwelling homes;
SFSOTS are sewage treatment systems that treat not more than
one thousand gallons of sewage per day. For example, a SFOSTS
might be used in a church or small business not accessible to a
municipal sewage system.
The HSTS and SFOSTS program involves issuing sewage treatment
system (STS) permits for new installations, replacement systems
and alterations permits within Fairfield County. Your health
department also registers household sewage treatment installers,
service providers, pumpers, system designers and soil scientists
who operate with Fairfield County.
Any installation or alteration work performed on a sewage
treatment system requires permits from FDH. Once the work
is completed by a licensed and bonded installer, a final
inspection must be performed by a sanitarian from FDH before the
system can be backfilled and put into service. FDH
maintains a list of
installers,
service
providers, and
pumpers
that are licensed and bonded for work in Fairfield County.
Current Household Sewage Treatment Permit Fees for Fairfield
County
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Permit |
Fee | |
Site & design
review and installation permit for new/replacement household sewage treatment
system (includes state fee) |
$334.00 |
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Site & design
review and permit for alteration of existing household sewage
treatment system |
$130.00 |
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Site & design review and
installation permit for
new/replacement small-flows sewage
treatment system |
$334.00 |
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Site & design review and permit for alteration of
existing small-flows sewage treatment system |
$130.00 |
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Sewage Treatment System Installer Registration |
$200.00 |
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Septage Hauler/Pumper Registration (per truck) |
$200.00 |
| Sewage
Treatment System Service Provider Registration |
$200.00 |
Permit Procedures Change with New Sewage
Rules
The Fairfield County Board of Health adopted new
sewage rules effective July 12th, 2007 to replace the recently
rescinded state sewage treatment rules.
Along with the changes in system requirements, the procedures
for applying for a new sewage treatment system installation or
alteration permit
for an existing sewage treatment system have
also changed. The following is the new procedure for applying for a sewage
treatment system permit:
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Get an address for the property.
Contact the Fairfield County Engineer's office to apply for
an address. The lot will also need to be cleared of
any high weeds, crops, etc. prior to design review by the
Fairfield Department of Health.
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Soil sampling requirements will vary with
your permit. For more information please call the
Environmental division office (740) 652-2800.
Click here
for a list of Soil Scientists registered in Fairfield
County.
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The
Fairfield Department of Health will be designing
septic/leaching and pretreatment systems with leaching.
Sites requiring drip, mound, or other complex systems will
require a
registered system designer. Provide the soil reports to a
sewage treatment
system designer for the design of the system. The information in the
soil report will be used by your sewage treatment system
designer to determine the type and design of the sewage
treatment system that should be installed on your building
site.
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Submit the completed design proposal along
with soil reports,
permit application and appropriate fee to
the Fairfield Department of Health.
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