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Duval County · Septic Tank Replacement
Septic tank replacement on the Westside, or abandonment if JEA has arrived
A Westside tank at the end of its life is either replaced under permit or, where the sewer line has reached the street, abandoned and the house connected.
Septic Tank Replacement in Westside Jacksonville
- County
- Duval County
- Permit
- County environmental health office
- Tank
- Concrete or polyethylene, sized to the bedroom count
- Old tank
- Crushed and filled, or removed
- Hours
- 7 days a week, 7am to 9pm
What changes in Westside Jacksonville
The Westside's tanks are old, unrecorded and sometimes steel, and when one fails the first question is whether JEA is now within reach. Where it is, the county will not permit a new system and the job becomes a permitted abandonment and a connection. Where it is not, the tank is replaced, sized to the house, set with risers, and inspected, and the property gets its first septic record.
A rusted steel tank is replaced without argument, because it cannot be patched and it is unsafe to leave.
How the job runs
How a tank is replaced
The failed tank is pumped and inspected so the replacement is quoted from what is seen. The permit is filed with the county environmental health office, with the new tank sized to the bedroom count. The drain field is inspected honestly before the new tank is connected to it. The new tank, precast concrete or polyethylene depending on access and groundwater, is set level with risers to grade and inlet and outlet connected. The old tank is pumped, crushed and filled, or removed. The county inspects before backfill and the record is closed. Financing through Hearth is available.
Straight answers
Septic Tank Replacement questions from Westside Jacksonville
The tank is steel. Can it be saved?
No. Steel tanks rust through and collapse. It is replaced or abandoned under permit.
Is connecting to JEA the better answer?
Where the line is close, the county may require it, and it ends the septic question for good.
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