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Sewage

Our Certified Sewage Installer database is undergoing construction.  You will not be able to search for an installer but you can view all installers by clicking the link below.

NOTICE! - We are trying to update our sewage system installer online database.  This database may not be available while work is being conducted.  Thank you for your patience.

CLICK HERE FOR A LIST OF CERTIFIED SEWAGE SYSTEM INSTALLERS

Click here to search the WV Division of Labor's Contractor's License site

FEES FOR SERVICE

The Office of Environmental Health Services (OEHS)  generates fees based on Legislative Rule 64CSR51 “Fees for Services”. All fees charged  by OEHS are listed in Appendix B of the Rule. Current fees have been in place since April 29, 2004.

During the 2010 Legislative Session, the West Virginia  Legislature approved  a permit fee increase for Onsite Innovative/Alternative Type Sewage Systems. This permit fee is only  for systems submitted  and reviewed  by the Public Health Sanitation Division. The new Fee schedule is a follows:  

  • Correcting Failure : $250.00

  • New Construction: $400.00

This is an increase of $100.00 and while the Rule became effective April 9, 2010, the fee increase will not take place until July 1, 2010.  A copy of the Rule can be found at the following website: http://apps.sos.wv.gov/adlaw/csr/rule.aspx?rule=64-51

                                                June 12-15, 2012 - Home Aeration Units Operator Training and Certification Course  - Sponsored by: West Virginia Environmental Training Center. Location: Ramada Conference Center, Morgantown, WV 

The WV Department of Environmental Protection maintains a list of approved HAU Maintenance Providers

 

West Virginia Housing has initiated the Onsite System Loan Program for homeowners and long-term renters
County-specific information on Loan Originators is only available here, this information is not provided on WV Housing's site

 

The West Virginia On-Site Sewage program provides rule interpretation and technical assistance on conventional and non-conventional on-site sewage systems.  Conventional systems include gravel and pipe, gravel-less pipe, and chamber systems.

Non-conventional systems include home aeration systems, low pressure dosing systems, holding tanks and recirculating sand filters.  These alternative systems are used when a conventional system has failed and cannot be repaired by conventional means, or when soil conditions are extremely poor.  Alternative systems may be considered for new construction only if the lot is two acres or larger in size.

The on-site sewage program also issues permits for residential waste water systems with surface water discharge which are 600 gallons/day or less and which qualify for a West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection N.P.D.E.S. permit.

 

Installer Training and Certification

The division certifies Individual Sewage System Installers.  Approximately fifteen-hundred (1,500) Class I and Class II Installers have been trained and maintain their certification in West Virginia.

An annual training class is offered for Class I and II Installers before the certification tests are administered.  These certifications are valid for five years.  Click here for training class information.

Please send us your E-mail address!  Send to: eva.m.thompson@wv.gov

Effective August 1, 2002, the installer's examination will only be administered at the Central and District offices.  Only the homeowner's exam will be administered at the local health departments.  Click on the training class link above for the upcoming installers' training schedule.

Sewage Rules

On-Site Sewage Systems Excerpt from the Design Standards:

 

Sewage Forms

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