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Permit Steps

** Any Disturbing of the Septic Absorption Field Site will Result in a Septic Permit Being Denied or Voided. Disturbance Could Be; Excavation, rutting, compaction, removal, or addition of any dirt/topsoil.

Steps to Obtain a Septic Permit

  1. Obtain a Soil Evaluation of the proposed septic absorption field.
  2. Fill out Septic Application and return it to Jennings County Health
    Department.
  3. Provide Health Department with a copy of proposed Floor Plans.
  4. Then and only then a Septic Specification Sheet will be completed by the Jennings County Health Department. Also, a list of Certified Septic Contractors will be provided to you.
  5. Septic Permit may be issued.
  6. ONLY Jennings County Certified Septic Contractors May install/Repair a Septic System in Jennings County.

Failure to perform any of the above steps could result in a septic permit not being issued.

A current list of Septic Installers can be obtained from our office  or emailed to you.

Soil Scientist

Chestnut Ridge Consulting Inc.


John F. Bowen
7208 E. CR 100 S.
Seymour, IN 47274
Phone: 812-521-0995
Email: jbowenCRCI@aol.com

James Brown


11329 W IM Brown Road
Campbellsburg, IN 47108
Phone: 812-755-4195
Email: jibs@blueriver.net

Jack Coulter


652 N. CR 600 E.
Paoli, IN 47454
Phone: 812-723-2846

Gregory L. Henderson


9099 Pipe Creek Road
Metamora, IN 47030
Phone: 800-841-4992
Email: greg43@aol.com

Soil Scientist

Soil Horizons Inc.


Mark S. McClain
1300 Drawbridge Lane
Lafayette, IN 47905
Phone: 800-288-7645
Email: mark@soilhorizons.com

Nickell Soil Consulting


Allan K. Nickell
Scott A. Nickell
6500 N Bacon Ridge Road
Phone: 800-465-2111 or
812-498-7645
Email: snickel325@gmail.com

John M. Robbins Jr. Soil Services


1903 S. Finley Firehouse Road
Scottsburg, IN 47170
Phone: 812-752-7160
Email: johnrobbins@3cbb.com

Glacier's Edge Soil Consulting


Dena Anderson

Phone: 812-591-3770

Phone: 812-525-6433

Email:

dirtgirl7066@gmail.com

Soil Scientist

Indiana Soil and Water


Curtis  E. Turner
12945 State Road 23
Granger, IN 46350
Phone: 800-283-5413
Email: soil-turner@dmci.net

SE Environmental Consulting


Spencer G. Williams
1771 S. State Road 3
Scottsburg, IN 47170
Phone: 877-556-1557
Email: aswill@hsonline.net

Science Appl International Corp


Bruce Willman
6310 Allentown Blvd
Harrisburg, PA 17112
Phone: 800-944-6778
Email: bruce.p.willman@saic.com

Certified Septic Installers

A.R.C.H Excavation


Harold Altepeter

812-392-3903

*sand line system certified

Larry Chilman


812-873-7261

* sand line system certified

St. John Trucking


Charlie St. John

Chris Fischvogt

812-346-4824

* sandline system certified.

Rockford Outdoors


Jason Taskey

812-523-8501 or 812569-0623

Certified Septic Installers

Tuttle Backhoe


Scott Tuttle

812-346-5283

* sand line system certified

Spurgeon's Backhoe Service


Robin Spurgeon

Steve Spurgeon

812-592-1977

* sand line system certified

Fred Vogel


812-522-7664

Day & Son Backhoe


Harold Day

Travis Day

812-352-2139

*sand line system certified

Certified Septic Installers

Lawyer Excavating, Inc.


Terry Robinson

812-522-6467 or 812-592-0820

* IOWPA certified

* sand line system certified

Shannon Walls


812-525-0696

Tyler Matney


812-592-7819

Kings Trucking & Excavation Inc.


Mike King

812-522-6973

* sand line system certified

Certified Septic installers

Tommy Fleener


812-528-7379

* sand line system certified

Burtch Drain Cleaning & Septic


Kameron Burtch

812-530-9034

* sand line certified

IOWPA certified

Bradley Koors


812-614-3926

* sand line system certified

John Adams


812-599-2687

* sand line certified

Certified Septic installers

Jeff Royse


812-346-6513

Les Earl Construction Inc.


Les Earl

812-346-7925

Rick Lucas


812-718-6743

* sand line certified

Al Asche


812-689-4038

* sand line certified

Certified Septic Installers

Bob Fergison Backhoe


Bob Fergison

812-820-0539

* sand line certified

Tim Hadley


812-343-4505

* Sand line certified

Miller Excavating, Inc.


R. Miller

812-342-1522 or 812-343-1522

* sand line system certified

Andy Mellencamp Excavating, Inc.


Andy Mellencamp

812-216-1396

* sand line system certified