Elbert County, Colorado
Elbert County septic permits and inspection rules
What Elbert County, Colorado requires for onsite wastewater systems, and how we handle the paperwork for you.
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Who regulates septic systems in Elbert County
Elbert County Public Health
- 215 Comanche Street, Kiowa, CO 80117
- 303-621-2341
- https://www.elbertcounty-co.gov
Elbert County septic rules, section by section
Permit requirements
Elbert County requires an OWTS permit for new systems, expansions, and most repairs. Applications include the fee, a system design, soils information, test pit logs, and a site plan. The county updated its OWTS regulation recently, so verify current requirements when applying.
What triggers an inspection
A property sale triggers the use permit inspection, performed by an inspector licensed in Elbert County. Final inspections close out new installation permits, and system failures or complaints bring county review.
Transfer of title rules
The seller is required to obtain a use permit prior to the sale of a property with a septic system, and a licensed Elbert County inspector must perform the inspection that accompanies the application. Schedule the inspection and pump-out early in the contract period.
Required pumping frequency
Elbert County guidance calls for inspecting septic tanks every four years and pumping when scum and sludge exceed 25 percent of the tank's effective volume. Rural properties with large tanks may go longer between pump-outs, but the four-year inspection keeps you ahead of problems.
Setback rules
Elbert County enforces at least the Colorado Regulation 43 minimums: 100 feet from a well to the soil treatment area, 50 feet from a well to the tank, 50 feet from surface water, 10 feet from property lines, and 5 feet from a dwelling to the tank. Large-acreage wells still need careful siting, confirm distances with the county.
Soil and percolation testing
Applications require soils information and test pit logs, with percolation testing where used. The county's plains soils vary widely from sandy to heavy clay, so a proper soil profile evaluation drives the soil treatment area design.
How we handle the paperwork
Most homeowners call us because a sale, a repair, or an inspection put a county form in front of them. We pump the tank, perform the inspection, complete the service and inspection records Elbert County asks for, and send copies to you, your agent, and the county. You are not left chasing forms. Call 720-427-7557 and tell us where you are in the process.
Which Elbert County communities do we serve?
These are the unincorporated communities and named areas inside Elbert County where onsite systems actually sit, on parcels that never got tied into a municipal sewer. The county is the permitting authority for all of them, so the guidance on this page is the guidance that governs the ground under each one.
- ElizabethPumping, inspection, repair, and install for the acreage and horse property spread around Highway 86.
- KiowaPumping, inspection, cleaning, and repair for the grassland acreage along Kiowa Creek and Highway 86.
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