Septic Repair
We repair cracked lids, broken baffles, crushed lines and tipped distribution boxes on existing septic systems. We also tell you when a repair is enough and when the job needs more.
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Orangeburg's Department of Public Utilities, DPU, runs the city's water and sewer. The city's long-range plan says DPU water reaches about 300 square miles, but its sewer only about 22. Past the sewer lines, a home needs its own septic system. About 8 in 10 homes in Orangeburg County went up before 2000.
Levelset2 installs new septic systems and fixes failing ones, and Orangeburg is part of our service area. We bring the same septic system installation we do around Summerton to new homes on Orangeburg County lots. When a homesite is wooded, we clear it before the tank goes in. Call or text (803) 478-2620 for a free estimate.
Tell us about the job and where the property is. We look at it and put your free quote in writing.
DPU's sewer dates back to about 1906, when it served about three square miles. It has grown, but the city plan calls sewer DPU's most restricted service because of its cost. Water and power reach much farther. So a lot can sit on a DPU water line with no sewer to tie into.
Most Orangeburg County residents live outside any town limits. Census estimates for 2025 put about 62,700 of the county's 83,200 people there. The city plan says large lots at the edge of town usually run on septic tanks, some with private wells. The state wants a septic field at least 75 feet from a private well.
The plan says DPU is extending sewer into more of the built-up areas past the city line. State rules bar a new septic permit where sewer is accessible for connection. So before you buy or build, ask DPU or the county whether a sewer line reaches the lot. If none does, septic system installation in Orangeburg starts with the state's permit, and construction waits on it.
The city plan says Orangeburg sits mostly on Dothan, Neeses, Faceville, Orangeburg and Ailey soils. It flags Dothan soils as a severe limit for septic drain fields. Orangeburg loamy sand, the soil that shares the city's name, is deep and well drained, NRCS says. Across the county, NRCS maps put the seasonal water table within 18 inches on about 4 in 10 acres.
West of downtown, the Edisto and Caw Caw swamps sit on Johnston and Lumbee soils. The plan calls them wet and, for the most part, unbuildable. NRCS lists Lumbee soils as poorly drained, with the water table at or near the surface. Building has followed the better ground north and east of the city, where foundations and septic tanks cost less.
The North Fork of the Edisto River also feeds the city's water plant, through intakes in Edisto Memorial Gardens. About 16 percent of the land inside the city sits in FEMA's 1 percent annual chance flood zone. Septic fields need 75 feet from surface water and 25 feet from a drainage ditch. On an older lot where a wet field has failed, drain field repair may be the fix.
The median home in Orangeburg County was built in 1983, Census survey data show. More than half went up between 1970 and 1999. Inside the city the median is 1968, but the city plan says sewer is generally available there.
The state names two signs of failure: sewage backing into the house and soggy ground over the drain field. Broken or worn baffles are one cause it lists. Our septic system repair work replaces those baffles and fixes crushed lines. When a system is past saving, septic system replacement puts in a new tank and field.
About 3 in 10 homes in Orangeburg County are mobile homes, against about 3 in 100 inside the city. The state requires its septic permit before a manufactured home goes on a lot with no sewer. We set mobile home septic systems on those lots, with the tank and field clear of the home's footprint.
Septic permits come from SCDES, the South Carolina Department of Environmental Services, formerly DHEC. Its onsite wastewater office for Orangeburg County sits in Orangeburg. The application goes in online with a copy of the plat or deed. Before the inspector comes, the lot has to be marked out, down to the planned tank and drain field.
The inspector takes at least two soil borings where the field will likely go. Soil color shows how high the water table rises in the wettest season. If the site passes, the state issues a Permit to Construct, good for five years. Wet weather can push the evaluation back until the soil dries out.
With the permit in hand, we install the system the way the permit reads. The work gets a final inspection before it is covered, and then the state issues the approval to operate.
Communities and areas we serve around Orangeburg: Edisto, Wilkinson Heights, Cordova, Rowesville, Hillcrest, Brookdale, St. Matthews Road, North Road, Five Chop Road, Cannon Bridge Road, Old Edisto Road.
Orangeburg ZIP codes served: 29115, 29117, 29118.
Orangeburg is part of our service area. Call or text, and we look at the job and put your free quote in writing.
(803) 478-2620 We repair cracked lids, broken baffles, crushed lines and tipped distribution boxes on existing septic systems. We also tell you when a repair is enough and when the job needs more.
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A soggy yard over the drain field or a sewage backup can mean the field has failed. We re-lay failed lines in new trenches and replace a cracked distribution box.
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When an existing home's septic system is past repair, we replace it with a new tank and drain field. Call or text for a free estimate and a written quote.
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Septic systems for mobile home lots, set clear of the home's pad and the drive. We plan the work with the buyer and the dealer around the state permit.
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We install septic systems for small subdivisions of up to about 25 units, and for churches and businesses off sewer. Bigger flows get larger tanks and more drain field, set to the state permit.
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We clear homesite lots up to about five acres for a new home, a mobile home or a septic field. Trees, brush, stumps and debris come off the build site and the drive.
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We take down houses, mobile homes, outbuildings and storm-damaged structures across the east side of South Carolina. Debris removal is part of the job, and the free written quote comes first.
Learn MoreA few of the questions we hear most around Orangeburg. If yours is not here, call or text and ask.
Tell us where the lot is and what you plan to build, or what is wrong with your system. Call or text (803) 478-2620, or send the form for a free estimate.
Tell us about the job and where the property is. We look at it and put your free quote in writing.