Drummond / North Elmsley

Septic Fees

Septic ApplicationsPermit Fee
Sewage System Permit - For private sewage systems with flows up to 10,000 litres/day1 $775.00
Tertiary Sewage System Permit - Require Maintenance Agreement (for annual inspection)2 $850.00
Permit Renewal/Revision with no inspection $65.00
Permit Renewal/Revision with site inspection $220.00
Third Party Certificates $65.00
Maintenance Inspections - including septic tank replacement only, alterations, Class 2 & 3 sewage systems $385.00
Site Inspections - minor variances/zoning by-laws/building renovations/septic re-inspections $220.00
Severance Applications
First lot
Subsequent lots

$443.00
$180.00
Subdivision Plan Review
Non Communal Sewage Systems
$215.00 per lot up to a maximum fee of $5,000.00 plus 13% HST
File Searches $125.00

1 - The Ministry of the Environment will be responsible for sewage works where the design capacity is in excess of 10,000 litres/day under the Ontario Water Resources Act.

2 - Tertiary Treatment Systems (Level 4 Treatment) are Ecoflo, Eljen, Waterloo Biofilter, ATL, EnviroSeptic, Norweco, and Biomicrobics and require Maintenance Agreements upon installation completion.

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