Septic Installation
We install new septic systems for new homes and replace systems that have failed. The tank and the lateral lines are sized to the house and laid out to fit the lot.
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Broken Arrow keeps growing, from 113,540 people at the 2020 Census to about 125,000 in the Census Bureau's 2025 estimate. City code calls for a sewer hookup once a public line with capacity sits within 300 feet of a lot. Farther out, and in unincorporated Wagoner County, a home with no sewer line needs its own septic system. Much of the ground here is clay that drains slowly and stays wet from December to April.
Eastern Oklahoma Septic Services is based in Sapulpa, and Broken Arrow is part of our service area. We handle septic system installation for new homes and failed systems, with each layout fit to the lot. Where the soil calls for it, we install aerobic systems with spray heads. Call or text (918) 645-0557, and we look at the lot and put the quote in writing.
Tell us about the new install or what your septic or aerobic system needs, and where the property is. We look at the job and put the quote in writing.
Section 24-104 of the city code sets that 300-foot test. Once a public line with capacity is that close, the owner has one year to connect. For a new subdivision, the 300 feet runs from the edge of the whole tract. For a given lot, the City of Broken Arrow answers the question.
The code also leaves room for septic. A home annexed with a working septic system may keep it until it fails or becomes a health hazard. The city manager may also allow a new septic system on an empty lot in a subdivision built on septic. Any septic system in the city needs the written permit of the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) before use.
East of 23rd Street, Broken Arrow sits in Wagoner County, home to 20,356 of its residents at the 2020 Census. Past the end of the Broken Arrow Expressway, SH 51 runs on southeast to Coweta. Along that road, ZIP 74014 runs out of the city limits into rural, unincorporated Wagoner County. In 2025, the city permitted 661 new single-family homes, and unincorporated Wagoner County permitted 484.
Federal soil maps show deep Dennis soils, formed from weathered shale, as the most common in Broken Arrow. Below the topsoil they turn to silty clay loam or clay, and water moves through it slowly. In normal years, a perched water table sits 12 to 30 inches down from December to April. The federal soil survey rates most of the city's ground very limited for lateral lines, or drain fields.
On parts of the Wagoner County side, Coweta soils sit on soft sandstone just 10 to 20 inches down. Along Adams Creek and Broken Arrow Creek, the bottomland soils flood often. The survey rates those creek bottoms very limited for lateral lines because of it. Spring makes it worse, since May brings 5.73 inches of rain in a normal year at Tulsa International Airport.
The DEQ sorts soil into groups by texture, from coarse sand in Group 1 to clay in Group 5. Group 5 rules out a conventional lateral field. An aerobic septic system with spray heads is allowed in every group. Silty clay loam falls in Group 4, where lateral lines for a three-bedroom home need 880 feet of gravel trench.
In Oklahoma, the state issues septic permits through the DEQ. Its Tulsa office covers Broken Arrow on both sides of the county line. The DEQ requires a soil test for new systems, except lagoons and aerobic spray systems sized for the heaviest clay. The DEQ or a soil profiler on its list bores three test holes, 48 inches deep or down to rock.
The results go on the DEQ's Report for On-Site Sewage, which sets the systems the lot may use. Next, the DEQ issues an Authorization to Construct before the work starts. The finished system is inspected and approved before it is covered or put to use.
On the DEQ's design-only route, a three-bedroom spray field needs at least 3,531 square feet in Tulsa County. In Wagoner County, the same house needs 4,855 square feet. The DEQ puts that county in a lower net evaporation zone. We lay out each system to fit the lot and the soil report.
Communities and areas we serve around Broken Arrow: Rose District, Oneta, Battle Creek, Broken Arrow Expressway, Creek Turnpike, Muskogee Turnpike, Aspen Avenue, Elm Place, Lynn Lane, 23rd Street, Events Park, Ray Harral Nature Park.
Broken Arrow ZIP codes served: 74011, 74012, 74014.
Broken Arrow is part of our service area. We look at the job first, then put the quote in writing.
(918) 645-0557 We install new septic systems for new homes and replace systems that have failed. The tank and the lateral lines are sized to the house and laid out to fit the lot.
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We install aerobic septic systems with spray heads on lots where a conventional system will not work. We also replace failed aerobic units and repair the parts that wear out.
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Septic system repair for conventional and aerobic systems around Sapulpa and the Tulsa area. Our crew finds the problem on site, and the repair quote comes in writing.
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We pump and clean conventional septic tanks and the tanks on aerobic systems. While the tank is open, we check it and tell you what we see.
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We service aerobic septic systems on a schedule and check the aerator, pump, alarm and spray heads each visit. Conventional systems get routine checks of the tank and lateral lines.
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Soggy ground and slow drains after a rain often point to the lateral lines. We find the problem on site, then repair the lines or put in a new lateral field.
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Septic inspections for home sales and for homeowners around Sapulpa and the Tulsa area. We check the tank and the lateral lines, and you get a plain report.
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Sewage backing up into the house or a septic alarm that will not stop cannot wait. We take emergency calls on weekends and after hours whenever we can, and the crew finds the cause on site.
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We install storm shelters for homes around Sapulpa and the Tulsa area. We dig the hole, set the shelter, backfill it and grade the yard. The shelter stays clear of the septic tank and lateral lines.
Learn MoreA few of the questions we hear most around Broken Arrow. If yours is not here, call or text and ask.
Tell us about the system or the lot, and where it is. Call or text (918) 645-0557 or use the form, and we will get back to you.
Tell us about the new install or what your septic or aerobic system needs, and where the property is. We look at the job and put the quote in writing.