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Sending commercial septage to King County
Some businesses, commercial facilities and
industries rely on septic systems to receive their liquid wastes. Many of these facilities have their septage tank wastes hauled to
King County’s South Treatment Plant, the only county-operated facility that accepts these wastes.
To protect our treatment plant and its biosolids quality, King County is now requiring that businesses, commercial facilities, and industries sending septage to the county
have approval to do so.
Note:This information does not apply to residential septic tanks. All waste from residences is considered domestic waste and is not regulated
by the King County Industrial Waste Program (KCIW).
Approval to send non-residential/commercial septage |
Regulations, non-residential / commercial septage |
Resources for septage haulers |
Resources for businesses
Getting approval to send non-residential/commercial
septage:
Complete a
Septage Acceptance Application and submit it to KCIW.
Review the Sending commercial/non-domestic septage to King County fact sheet (PDF File, 48 KB).
Regulations applying to non-residential/commercial septage:
The King County Hauled Waste Guidelines - for pumping septic tanks
that contain or may contain commercial wastes.
Proposed septage public rule: KCIW is proposing a new public rule establishing procedures for the process of sending
commercial septage to the county. There will be a public comment period in 2008. For more information contact KCIW Compliance
Investigator Pat Magnuson, e-mail: Pat Magnuson or call 206-263-3021 or TTY:711.
Resources for septage haulers:
King County's
Annual Septage Disposal Permit for 2008
King County South Treatment Plant septage disposal and King County septage hauling licenses, contact:
Don Partington, Senior Operator,
South Treatment Plant
1200 Monster Road SW, MS RTP-NR-0100
Renton, WA 98057.
e-mail: Don Partington
Phone 206-684-2405 or TTY: 711
Pumper certification questions or applications, contact:
Ed Davis, Senior Environmental Health Investigator,
Seattle/King County Department of Public Health,
e-mail: Ed Davis or call 206-296-9740 or TTY: 711.
Resources for
businesses discharging non-residential/commercial septage:
To locate septage haulers:
a. Contact the Washington On-Site Sewage Association (WOSSA) (external link).
b. Look in your local yellow page phone directory under “Hazardous Waste Vendors” or “environmental.”
c. Check the Waste Directory
that tells you what to do with each waste type and lists vendors that will handle each type.
Published by the Local Hazardous Waste Management Program in King County.
Learn more about Best Management Practices for septage:
a. Get information from Public Health - Seattle & King County’s
Wastewater Program.
b. Get information from the Local Hazardous Waste Management Program in King County's
Business Web Internet pages.
c. Contact Public Health - Seattle & King County’s Health & Environmental Investigators:
Keiko Ii, e-mail: Keiko Ii or call 206-263-8456; or
Mike Kaufmann, e-mail: Mike Kaufmann or call 206-263-8460.
For general information about on-site sewage systems:
a. See the Information for Business Users
and Property Owners brochure (PDF file, 185KB)(external link),
published by the Interagency Regulatory Analysis Committee (IRAC) of the
Local Hazardous Waste Management Program in King County.
b.Visit the Local Hazardous Waste Management Program in King County's
Business Web Internet pages.
Learn Best Management Practices/pollution prevention tips for your particular
industry:
Visit the Washington State Department of Ecology’s Hazardous Waste & Toxics Reduction Program’s
Pollution Prevention in Washington State
(external link) Internet page.
Learn about King County’s South Treatment Plant, Renton.
(Page revised 1/30/08. For further information, e-mail Doug
Hilderbrand.)
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