Septic Tank Pumping in Salem County, NJ

• Coverage across Pittsgrove, Upper Pittsgrove, Woodstown, Pilesgrove, Alloway, Elmer, Quinton, Mannington, Lower Alloways Creek, Elsinboro and Oldmans.
• Main routes are I-295 and the New Jersey Turnpike in the west, US 40 across the county, and Route 45, Route 49 and Route 77.
• Farm properties with long driveways and outbuildings may need extra hose or a smaller truck.

• Routine pump-outs on farm and rural homes
• Repair permits after a failed field
• Alteration permits for additions
• Advanced treatment unit service
• Soil test pit coordination
• Emergency backups

• HomeGuide's national pump-out range is $300 to $700, at $0.30 to $0.70 per gallon of tank size.
• HomeGuide's tank table lists $300 to $700 for a 1,000-gallon tank and $450 to $1,050 for a 1,500-gallon tank.
• Salem County's fee schedule lists $260 for plan review, $260 for a standard alteration, $385 for an advanced-technology alteration, $130 for a repair and $130 to renew a permit.
• Method: HomeGuide's published per-gallon range applied to your tank, plus county fee schedule amounts for permits. Wet soils that push a repair to an engineered design add local cost.

• Step 1, records: the Salem County Department of Health keeps septic permits and as-builts for the county's towns.
• Step 2, soil testing: for a new design or major repair, test pits and site evaluation are witnessed by the county under N.J.A.C. 7:9A, the New Jersey Administrative Code chapter for individual subsurface sewage disposal systems.
• Step 3, permits: the county fee schedule lists $260 for plan review, $130 for a repair and $260 for a standard alteration; an advanced-technology alteration is $385.
• Step 4, inspection and renewal: the county inspects work before it's covered, and its fee schedule lists $130 for a permit renewal.

• Coastal Plain sand: much of Salem County sits on sandy Coastal Plain soils, which drain well on higher ground near Pittsgrove and Elmer.
• Water table: low ground along the Delaware River and Salem River holds a seasonal water table close to the surface.
• Tidal marsh and floodplain: Lower Alloways Creek and Elsinboro border tidal marsh, where flooding and saturated soils limit fields.
• Clay layers: finer soils in parts of Mannington and Woodstown slow drainage.
• USDA NRCS soil survey data for Salem County (survey NJ033) map 69,179 of 223,100 acres, 31.0%, as poorly drained and 68,424 acres, 30.7%, with a water table within about 12 inches of the surface.
• Older homes: farmhouses and town homes built before the 1960s are common, and many tanks are older.

Pittsgrove · Upper Pittsgrove · Woodstown · Pilesgrove · Alloway · Elmer · Quinton · Mannington · Lower Alloways Creek · Elsinboro · Oldmans