Septic records

Septic records in Kentucky

Where onsite wastewater records are kept in each Kentucky county, whether you can search them yourself, and what we hold.

110
counties
110
with a records portal
43
septic companies listed
617
records held

Septic companies in Kentucky

43 septic and onsite wastewater businesses on record across 18 Kentucky counties: pumping, installation, system design, soil evaluation, inspection and repair. Listing is not an endorsement and we take no fee from any of them.

CountyCompaniesExamples
Jefferson7Affordable Septic Service, Anytime Portables, D R Excavation
Fayette6Drain Pros and Excavating, EMM Construction, Lex-Rooter Sewer & Drain Cleaning
Madison6Chris Sharon Water & Sewer Service, Clog Busterz, Jack's Septic & Excavation
Bullitt3Bullitt Septic Service, Halls, TBS Septic Solutions
Jessamine3Day's Portables, Hogue Septic Tank Cleaning, Zoom Drain
Anderson2Hyatt Plumbing & HVAC, TNT Excavating
Garrard2Plumbology, Royal Flush Piping
Montgomery2Lil Jon's Plumbing, Taulbee Excavating Services
Oldham2K Franck Enterprises, Pumping Septic Tanks of Louisville
Scott2All-Pro Plumbing, Earthworks
Boyle1Campbell's Sanitation Service
Clark1Bulldogging Excavating
Hardin1Waddell Plumbing & Septic
Laurel1Straight Flushin
Mercer1Butlers Septic Solutions
Morgan1Kidd Excavating
Pulaski1MawDavis Excavating
Woodford1PST Septic & Excavation

Septic installation and permitting in Kentucky

The sequence is broadly the same across the state, and every step generates a record:

  1. Site and soil evaluation. A designer or licensed evaluator digs test pits or runs a percolation test, logs the soil profile, the depth to seasonal water table and any restrictive layer, and the slope. This determines whether the lot can take a conventional system at all.
  2. Design. Daily design flow comes from bedroom count under state code. That sets tank capacity, and the soil application rate sets drainfield area. The designer picks the dispersal method and lays out setbacks to wells, property lines, surface water and the reserve area.
  3. Permit application. Submitted to the county or district health authority with the design and soil work. This is the document most often held in the county file.
  4. Installation and open inspection. The installer builds the system and it is inspected while still open, before backfill.
  5. As-built and approval. The final drawing showing what was actually built goes into the record. That drawing is what a future owner, pumper or inspector needs.

Repairs and replacements

A failing system follows the same path, but starts from the recorded as-built: the existing tank, field footprint and reserve area constrain what can be built. Which is why pulling the original record is the cheapest first step in any repair.

Buying or selling

Lenders and, in many counties, point-of-transfer rules require an inspection. Inspectors work from the recorded as-built; without it they are probing blind and the inspection costs more and proves less.

How Kentucky counties publish records

SystemCounties
no online records system74
portal found, system not yet identified24
ArcGIS6
CDP Environmental Health3
a county-built portal2
wordpress1
Free septic design, any parcel in Kentucky. Design flow, tank sizing, drainfield area, dispersal method and setbacks, generated from the parcel. Free to generate and view. Start a design

Counties

CountyRecords heldOn septicPortal
Fayette140—yes
Allen59—yes
Barren29—yes
Bracken20—yes
Lincoln18—yes
Metcalfe18—yes
Warren18—yes
Boyle16—yes
Carter16—yes
Graves16—yes
Marshall16—yes
Butler15—yes
Madison15—yes
Caldwell14—yes
Hopkins14—yes
Pike13—yes
Clark12—yes
Edmonson12—yes
Anderson10—yes
Bath9—yes
Franklin9—yes
Harrison9—yes
Hart9—yes
Jessamine9—yes
Mercer9—yes
Oldham9—yes
Greenup8—yes
Calloway7—yes
Laurel7—yes
Fleming6—yes
Garrard6—yes
Christian5—yes
Harlan5—yes
Boone4—yes
Lawrence4—yes
Magoffin4—yes
Whitley4—yes
Boyd3—yes
Martin3—yes
Muhlenberg3—yes
Rockcastle3—yes
Ballard2—yes
Grayson2—yes
Bourbon1—yes
Carlisle1—yes
Gallatin1—yes
Grant1—yes
Hardin1—yes
Logan1—yes
Mason1—yes
Adair——yes
Breathitt——yes
Breckinridge——yes
Bullitt——yes
Campbell——yes
Carroll——yes
Casey——yes
Clay——yes
Clinton——yes
Crittenden——yes
Cumberland——yes
Daviess——yes
Estill——yes
Fulton——yes
Green——yes
Hancock——yes
Henderson——yes
Hickman——yes
Jackson——yes
Jefferson——yes
Kenton——yes
Knott——yes
Knox——yes
Larue——yes
Lee——yes
Leslie——yes
Letcher——yes
Livingston——yes
Lyon——yes
Marion——yes
McCracken——yes
McCreary——yes
McLean——yes
Meade——yes
Menifee——yes
Monroe——yes
Montgomery——yes
Morgan——yes
Nelson——yes
Nicholas——yes
Ohio——yes
Owen——yes
Owsley——yes
Pendleton——yes
Perry——yes
Powell——yes
Pulaski——yes
Robertson——yes
Rowan——yes
Russell——yes
Scott——yes
Simpson——yes
Taylor——yes
Trigg——yes
Union——yes
Washington——yes
Wayne——yes
Webster——yes
Wolfe——yes
Woodford——yes