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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Much of Sand Springs drains to the city sewer, which runs about 138 miles of main lines. Homes past those lines need their own septic system. Out on the hills, that often means stony ground with sandstone or shale bedrock close to the surface. On a lot like that, the soil test decides what kind of system can go in.
Eastern Oklahoma Septic Services is based in Sapulpa, about 10 miles south of Sand Springs by SH 97. Sand Springs is part of our service area, on both sides of the Tulsa County and Osage County line. For septic system installation in Sand Springs, we handle new installs and replacements, plus aerobic systems with spray heads. Call or text (918) 645-0557, and we look at the job 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.
Sand Springs city code bars septic tanks inside the city limits, with two exceptions. The first is acreage: a lot of one acre or more outside a recorded plat, as the city defines it. The second is a home with no public sewer within 300 feet of its property line. That 300 feet is measured along a street or other right-of-way.
When a sewer line reaches a home on septic, the city can send an official notice to connect. The code then gives the owner 30 days to hook up. The old tank must be abandoned and filled, as the city directs. The sewer hookup itself is a plumber's job.
The 2020 Census counted 19,874 people in Sand Springs, and 386 of them lived on the Osage County side. North and west of town, rural lots past the city limits run into Osage County, toward Shell Lake. The Census puts the median year built for Sand Springs homes at 1981, and about one in four predates 1960. Older homes past the sewer lines may still run on their original septic system.
The NRCS soil survey maps the hills around Sand Springs as Niotaze and Bigheart soils mixed with rock outcrop. Slopes run from 3 to 45 percent, and the ground is often stony. By downtown, the Arkansas River bottom maps as Choska and Severn soils. South of the river, around Prattville, rocky hillsides sit near low ground the survey marks as frequently flooded.
Bigheart is a shallow soil over sandstone, and Niotaze has a slow-draining clay subsoil over shale. The survey rates both very limited for septic tank absorption fields, mainly for shallow bedrock and slope. The river bottom soils rate very limited too, since wastewater can seep through them too fast.
On ground like this, the DEQ soil test decides what can go in. Each test hole stops at a layer the auger cannot get through, like rock. Saturated soil or a layer of the heaviest clay stops it too. The shallowest of those layers sets the limit for the whole field.
The Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) issues septic permits on both sides of the county line. Step one is the Report for On-Site Sewage, known as the 581. It sets which systems the property may use. Step two is the Authorization to Construct, reviewed by the local DEQ environmental specialist.
Step three is an inspection before the system goes into use. Inside the city limits, the city code adds a written permit from the city before a private system goes in. The code also lets the city inspect at any stage, and before anything underground is covered. Ask the city about your lot before work starts.
Splitting land for a new home site adds steps. The city's lot-split rules reach past its limits, into Tulsa and Osage County land it may annex. There, each new lot planning on septic needs a passing soil percolation test. Each new lot also needs a public water supply.
Lateral lines are the Oklahoma name for the drain field, also called a leach field. On a slope, each trench must still be level, so the trenches step down the hill at different heights. Rainwater coming downhill has to be steered around the field.
With an aerobic system, treated water goes out through spray heads instead. State rules call for that spray area to be planted or terraced to stop runoff. The spray runs on a timer between 1 a.m. and 6 a.m.
Around Sand Springs, we install new systems on acreage and repair older ones. When the tank is sound and only the lateral lines failed, lateral line repair may be all the job needs. We also handle septic tank pumping, with a look at the tank while it is open.
Communities and areas we serve around Sand Springs: Prattville, Angus Valley, Charles Page Boulevard, Wekiwa Road, Morrow Road, West 41st Street, SH 97, Shell Creek Road, Case Community Park, Keystone Ancient Forest, Shell Lake, Keystone Lake.
Sand Springs ZIP codes served: 74063.
Sand Springs 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 Sand Springs. 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.