Washington Wastewater Solutions · Selah, WA
Natasha draws the system, the Yakima Health District signs off, and our crew puts exactly that into the ground. Inspections, pumping, pump and drainfield repair for homes and commercial sites.
Drawn before it's dug
We design it, submit it to the Yakima Health District, and install what was approved. Here is one job walked from the plan to the lawn.
STA 0+00 · Walk the site
Soil, slope, groundwater and where the well sits. On one West Valley lot Natasha walked the site with the owner on the day she said she would; on a failed system in Selah the crew tested a larger area of a two-acre property before deciding anything.
STA 0+10 · Perc + test holes
Test holes and the percolation rate tell us how fast water leaves the ground. That is what separates a conventional gravity field from pressure distribution, a mound, an aerobic treatment unit or drip.
STA 0+20 · Open the trench
Trench runs, depths and the distance from tank to field come straight off the approved plan. The excavator follows the lines Natasha drew.
STA 0+30 · Set the tank
Tanks go in by crane: black poly where the access is tight, precast concrete where the job calls for it. Inlet and outlet sit where the plan says, downhill from the house.
STA 0+40 · Lay the field
The drainfield is where the treated water actually goes, so it gets the most care: chambers or perforated pipe in their trenches, spaced and levelled exactly as designed, residential or commercial.
STA 0+50 · Risers to grade
Access risers come up to finished grade so the tank can be inspected and pumped without digging. Then the health district inspects, we backfill and compact, and the crew comes back to prep the ground for grass once it dries.
STA 0+60 · Final inspection
“We were without septic for less than an hour.”
Jacob James, a winter install in the Selah muck
Follow the water
A septic system is one path: out of the house, through the tank, sometimes up a pump, across the distribution box and into the field. Our services follow the same order.
Full System Installations
Site evaluation, soil and perc testing, the right system type for the lot, a drawn design submitted to the Yakima Health District, then permits, excavation, tank set, field, backfill and final inspection. Residential and commercial, eco-friendly materials where they fit.
Tank
A look at the tank, baffles, distribution box and field every 1 to 3 years, a maintenance plan with pumping intervals, and pumping with the lids exposed and the date and volume written down.
Pump chamber
A stuck float switch or a clogged impeller gets repaired. A burnt-out motor gets replaced. Either way the floats, wiring and alarm are checked and the pump is run before we leave, on homes and on commercial duplex vaults.
Every repair starts with a diagnostic inspection. When a drainfield failed on a weekend, Wyatt came out with a camera to go into the system before anyone guessed.
These are the minimum distances printed on one of our approved plans. A design that misses one does not get a permit, and a field too close to a well is a risk to your water.
from the house, property line or easement
from any water line
from a well or surface water
from a community well
“Natasha and her crew were extremely knowledgeable, responsive and thorough! Their expertise and willingness to explore a larger area of my property (2 acres to test and perk) saved me over $20,000 in costs.”
“We had our 30 year old drainfield fail, of course on a weekend. I found Wa Wastewater site on Google and read the reviews. I called. They answered the phone!”
On a new home in West Valley, the Health District approved Natasha's design “with no comments.” (Stephen Douglass, Google review)
4.9 on Google from 24 reviews.
Asked on site
More on how systems work, from the EPA, the Department of Health and the Yakima Health District, on our resources page.
Selah office · Mon to Fri, 7 to 3
Makayla will get you to the right person. Yakima, Ellensburg, Selah and the Tri-Cities, residential and commercial.