The Commonwealth of Virginia, under Code Section 9VAC
10-20-120.7, and Gloucester County’s Chesapeake Bay Preservation
Ordinance, Section 5.5-9B (5), specifies that
all on-site sewage
disposal systems shall be pumped out at least once every five years.
The entirety of Gloucester County is recognized as either a Resource
Protection Area or Resource Management Area qualifying all
properties to comply with this program.
The Gloucester County Environmental Programs Division, as
required by the Commonwealth of Virginia under Code Section 9VAC
10-20-120.7 and in accordance with Section 5.5-9B (5) of the
County’s Chesapeake Bay Preservation Ordinance, has initiated a
notification and enforcement program requiring that all on-site
sewage disposal systems (septic tank) be pumped out at least once
every five (5) years. Septic system owners may elect, as an
alternative to this pump-out requirement, to submit documentation
from a licensed sewage handler/inspector explaining that the septic
tank has been
inspected, is functioning properly, and does not need to be pumped
out.
Septic Pump-Out
Brochure (400 kbs, pdf file)
Click here for
the verification and compliance form (100 kbs).
