Septic help for Hot Springs, Arkansas and the lakes
Tank's due for pumping, drains are backing up, or you're buying a place on septic? Tell us where you are and a licensed local septic company will call you back.
What do you need?
No charge to you. We're not a septic company. We hand your request to one licensed local outfit and they call you.
What people around Hot Springs call about
Septic tank pumping
Routine pumping for houses and lake places, even when the lid's under a deck.
About pumping →
Backups and repair
Lids, risers, baffles, the line from the house, and drain fields that stopped taking water.
About repair →
Inspections for home sales
Before you buy or sell a house on septic, especially an older cabin that became a full-time home.
About inspections →
New and replacement systems
Soil test, county permit and a licensed install, including lots on rock and clay.
About new systems →
Aerobic unit service
Alarms, air pumps and service plans for aerobic units.
About aerobic units →Free calculator
When is my tank due?
Pick your tank size and household size and see about how often to pump.
Open the calculator →Free lot check
What's under my lot?
Type an address. See the USDA soil rating for septic and why, the lot size and the flood zone.
Check a lot →Free guide
Sewer or septic? Find your old septic permit
How to tell what your house has, who keeps the permit in Garland County, how to find the tank, and what Arkansas charges for a permit.
How it works
- Tell us what's going on. Pick a service, then give your name, phone and road or community.
- We pass it to one local company. A septic company licensed by the Arkansas Department of Health that works your part of the county.
- They call you. They set up the visit and give you a price for your house. The job is between you and them.
Sewer or septic? Around here it could be either.
City sewer reaches a good part of Garland County, but plenty of homes around the lakes and out the highways are still on a tank.
- Lake Hamilton
- Lake Catherine
- Royal
- Pearcy
- Mountain Pine
- Lake Ouachita
- Fountain Lake
- Jessieville
- Bonnerdale
We also take requests from nearby Hot Spring, Saline and Montgomery counties.
Not sure which you've got? Check your water bill for a sewer charge, or call Hot Springs Utilities at 501-321-6654 with your address.
Lake houses are where the hard jobs are
Plenty of places on Hamilton and Catherine started out as small cabins. A lot of them are lived in year-round now, often on whatever tank went in back then.
- Thin soil over rock, or heavy clay, so a drain field has less to work with
- Steep lots that run down to the water, with required distances from the lake
- Tanks buried under decks, driveways and additions
- Lots that won't take a regular field and end up with an aerobic unit
Signs the tank or field needs attention
One slow drain is usually just a clog. When they're all slow at once, it's usually the tank.
- Every drain in the house running slow, not just one
- Gurgling in the toilets or tub when the washer drains
- A sewage smell in the yard or near the tank lid
- A soggy strip, or grass greener over the drain field than anywhere else
- Water coming back up a tub, shower or floor drain
We connect you with licensed local companies
Septic work in Arkansas is licensed by the Arkansas Department of Health. Pumping companies hold a Septic Tank Cleaner license. New systems and repairs need a licensed installer and a permit from the county health unit.
Look any company up on the ADH licensee search before they come out. A licensed pump truck has the company name and license number painted on the tank.