Septic installation & repair · Central Okanagan, BC

Your Septic System Is Buried. Your Contractor Shouldn't Be.

New installations, repairs, pre-purchase inspections and maintenance. Serving Kelowna, West Kelowna, Lake Country, Peachland, Vernon and Penticton — call for a free site assessment.

  • Full-service septic
  • Local Okanagan pros
  • Free site assessments
  • Emergency service available
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What we do

Septic Services, Start to Finish

From a new build on a West Kelowna bench to a tired system behind a Lake Country orchard, we handle the whole job — testing, design, permits, installation and aftercare. One call, one point of contact, one written quote.

Installation

Sized for your lot & soil

Complete new systems for homes, cottages and rebuilds — soil testing, system design, Interior Health filing and installation.

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Repair

Diagnose first, fix what’s fixable

Backups, odours, soggy drain fields, failed pumps. We diagnose honestly and fix what's fixable before recommending replacement.

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Inspections

Written reports for buyers & sellers

Pre-purchase and real-estate inspections with written reports for buyers, sellers and lenders — most deals need one.

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Maintenance & Pumping

Pumping every 3–5 years

Scheduled tank pumping every 3–5 years, effluent filters and system checkups that add years to your system's life.

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Watch our story

Buried Deep. Built to Last.

A fifty-second look at what we do — and the valley we do it for.

The basics

How Your Septic System Actually Works

Three parts, no mystery: wastewater leaves your home, the tank separates solids from liquids, and the drain field lets the soil finish the job. When any one of the three is failing, the whole system is. Scroll — watch each stage light up.

Your home Septic tank solids settle · liquids flow on Drain field soil treats the effluent Impermeable layer below

Stage 1

Wastewater leaves your home

Everything from sinks, showers, toilets and laundry flows by gravity through one buried sewer line. No power, no moving parts — which is exactly why a crushed or root-invaded line shuts the whole system down.

Stage 2

The tank separates the solids

In the two-compartment tank, solids settle to the bottom and oils float to the top. Only clarified liquid flows onward. Pump every 3–5 years or the sludge layer reaches the outlet — that's how drain fields die early.

Stage 3

The soil finishes the job

Effluent trickles through perforated laterals into gravel, where soil microbes treat it as it percolates down. Soggy ground or sewage odours here mean the field is saturated — call before it backs up into the house.

Illustration by Okanagan Septic Co. — a typical two-compartment tank with a gravity drain field.

Our promise

Why Homeowners Call Us

Filed properlyEvery design is filed with Interior Health as BC requires — no shortcuts, no surprises at sale time.
We know Okanagan groundRocky West Kelowna benches, high-water-table lakefront in Lake Country, steep Peachland lots — and we plan every design for the ground it’s on.
Straight answers, written quotesWe’ll tell you when a small repair beats a full replacement. Every job starts with a free site assessment and a written quote.
One point of contact, start to finishDesign, excavation, installation and final grading coordinated for you — you're never chasing subcontractors.

Service areas

Where We Work

Across the valley, thousands of homes sit beyond the reach of municipal sewer — that's our territory. From Vernon to Penticton, if your address needs a septic system, we'll come to you.

Stylized Okanagan valley map with lake, mountains, Highway 97 and service-area pins. Okanagan Lake Kalamalka Skaha Lk Hwy 97 N Vernon Lake Country Kelowna West Kelowna Peachland Penticton Not to scale — drawn with love for the valley

Tap a pin for septic services in that town. Free site assessments everywhere on the map.

How it works

Exactly What Happens After You Call

  1. Free site assessment

    We walk your property, look at grades, setbacks and wells, and talk through what your system needs to handle.

  2. Soil testing & design

    Test pits reveal how your ground drains. The right system is designed and filed with Interior Health.

  3. Installation by local pros

    Local pros excavate, set the tank, build the field and install pumps and controls — no phone tag, no runaround.

  4. Grading & aftercare

    We restore the site, mark everything you’ll need later, and set up your pumping schedule.

On the tools

Fresh From the Field

Illustrative photos of typical septic work across the Central Okanagan.

Reviews

What Homeowners Say About Us

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Okanagan Lake at golden hour — the valley we serve

No jargon, no pressure

Not Sure Where to Start? Plan It in About a Minute.

Most homeowners only think about their septic twice: when they buy, and when something smells. Our Service Planner asks four quick questions and maps out what happens next — then a free site visit turns it into a written, fixed quote.

Septic Trouble? We’ll Look at It — Free.

A backup, a smell, a soggy patch in the yard: small problems get expensive fast. Call now for a free site assessment anywhere in the valley. If it’s an emergency backup, tell us it’s urgent — urgent calls are prioritized.

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