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Septic referral service · Michigan live now, more states opening

Septic trouble? Tell us what is wrong and we send your request to one septic company in your county.

We tell you how often your tank needs pumping, what your county requires, and we send your request to one septic service company that works your area. Septic rules are set where you live, not where we are, so we match by county, not by city.

Sewage backing into the house or pooling in the yard? Stop using water and call your local health department, then use the form below and tick Backup, right now. Send an emergency request
  • One company gets your requestNo list of bidders. The company that receives your request is the one that calls, and it works your county.
  • Local rules, with sourcesPermits, inspections at sale and hauler licenses are set locally, so each county page says what the county health department says, and what you still need to ask it.
  • Costs shown as evidence, not quotesWe show estimated ranges labeled as models, then the ranges agencies publish, county fees and wages, and say which is which.

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Free to use. Three short steps: the job, the place, then how to reach you.

What do you need help with?
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We check whether a company serves your county before we ask for your phone number.

Free to use. The septic company that receives your request pays us; you do not. How it works

Michigan is live now. Other states are opening.

Choose your state
11septic jobs we cover, each with a plain page on what the work involves
3 to 5 yearsbetween pumpings is EPA's guidance for an average household, and your tank may need more or less
1 in 5U.S. households depend on a septic system or a small cluster system, according to EPA
30county pages so far, each written from that county's own health department pages
Services

Eleven jobs, and what each one involves

Each service page covers what the work is, what could turn it into an emergency, which permit or license applies, and what the cost evidence is: a labeled estimate where we can model one, then the wages, government ranges and county fees we can cite.

All 11 services
Septic pumpingSeptic inspectionSeptic repairDrain fieldSeptic installationEmergency septic
How it works

How a request becomes a phone call

Three steps, with nothing for sale at the end. We are a referral service: we do not do the work, hold a septic license or set prices. The septic company that receives your request pays us, and you pay nothing.

How we are paid
  1. 01

    Pick the job and add your ZIP code

    One tap for pumping, inspection, repair, drain field, a new system, a backup or something else. We check whether a company we send to works your county before we ask for a phone number.

  2. 02

    Tell us how to reach you

    Your name, a phone number and an email. The number is the one the company calls, and the box you tick names SepticMatch and that one company.

  3. 03

    One company calls you

    You set the job and the price with the company. We do not set prices, do the work or stand behind it, and we do not promise a call-back time.

Tools

Three tools you can use before you give a phone number

A pumping interval calculator that reads a published extension table, a county rules lookup that says what the county health department requires and what you still need to ask it, and a failure signs checker that tells you to call first or to book a visit.

Pumping interval calculator

Pick your tank size and household size and see the years between pumpings in a published university extension table, with federal and state guidance beside it.

Open the tool

County septic rules lookup

Pick your county to see who permits septic systems, whether a sale inspection is required, the published fees and what is still open.

Open the tool

Septic failure signs and drain field care

Tell us what you see and when the tank was last pumped. The tool uses federal and state guidance to say if you should call first or book an inspection.

Open the tool
Coverage

Your county, with its own page

Septic rules are made by county or district health departments, so the location pages here are county pages. Each names who permits systems, whether an inspection is required at sale, the published fees and what is still open. Every city page points to its county.

Browse every state

Where we work

Michigan is live now. Other states are opening, and each gets its own pages, written from its own sources. Pick your state to see its pages, or tell us where you are and we will say whether we cover it yet.

Guides

Guides written for septic owners and buyers

How often to pump, what a pumping receipt should show, how sale inspections work county by county, what the law says about a statewide code, and what to ask when you buy a house with a septic system.

All guides
For septic service companies

Septic companies: receive these requests

If you run a septic service company and want homeowner requests for the counties and jobs you choose, see the partner page.

See the partner pageWe keep the license number you give us on file.See the partner pagesupport@septicmatchusa.com
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