Sooke, East Sooke, Otter Point and Metchosin
Where Sooke Septic Works
Sooke Septic works in Sooke, East Sooke, Otter Point and Metchosin. Of those four, Sooke and Metchosin are municipalities; East Sooke and Otter Point sit in the Capital Regional District's Juan de Fuca Electoral Area. Your building permit depends on which one you're in, and we reply within 24 hours.
Choose a place below for the local detail, or send the form from anywhere in our service area.
Which side of the sewer boundary are you on?
We check the sewer boundary first, before anything else. Inside it, your building's plumbed into a municipal sanitary sewer, and there's nothing in the yard to look after. Outside it, you have a tank, a distribution box and a field — all of it yours to keep working. Give us the address and we'll tell you which one you have.
One filing, wherever your property sits
The septic paperwork is the same wherever you live — it's provincial. We file the same package before construction and the same certification after, whether your driveway is in a district or an electoral area. Only the building permit changes when you cross a boundary.
Who receives what, and when
We send paperwork in twice on a new build. Before anything's dug, we send in a package describing what's going to be built and where. After the work's finished, we send a signed certification saying it was built lawfully and won't create a health hazard in normal use. You can't use the system in between, and that's true on every property in this list. Send us the address and we'll reply within 24 hours.
What does the province ask of you after 2005?
Systems installed after 2005 also have to follow their prescribed maintenance plan — that's a provincial rule, not a local one, so it applies to every property we work on. We read your plan before we come out, and we work to what it says. If you can't find yours, tell us and we'll look for what Island Health has on file. Either way, you'll know what the plan calls for before we start.
What we do
We put new systems in. When one's failing, we open it up and find out why. We pump tanks and service the filters. When a place is being sold, we inspect the system and write the report. We bring the truck to every property we look after.
Three authorities issue building permits across the ground we cover. Sooke has its own building department, Metchosin has its own, and the Capital Regional District covers East Sooke and Otter Point. The septic filing is different — it's provincial, and Island Health receives it from every one of these places.
Wherever you are in our service area, we'll come out and give you a free quote.
Ready for a quote on septic in Sooke?
The site visit is free, and we reply to you within 24 hours.