Kootenay Wastewater Systems Ltd

Name: Kootenay Wastewater Systems Ltd
Address: Cranbrook, BC, CA
Telephone: +12509195982

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Kootenay Wastewater Systems Ltd

Septic System Design, Installation, Repair, Maintenance & Excavation Services. Servicing the East Kootenay Region

04/07/2025

You don’t know where your septic tank and components are? We can find them quickly for you.

03/25/2025

I have been getting alot of people asking about existing septic system inspections when they are buying a home. We love our septic pumpers but please know that pumping out the septic tank is not a septic system inspection. It is a septic tank pump out service. There is more involved when inspecting an existing septic system for a real estate transaction. A home purchase is probably the biggest investment you will make. Make sure the septic system servicing the home you are buying functions as intended, is adequate for the home, has existing permits to construct and operate signed off by an authorized person and meets the regulations of its time. I have attached some inspection guidelines in a link bellow for public understanding of the inspection process involved.
https://www.bcossa.com/images/PDFs/publications/Interim_Standard_Practice_Guidelines_August_4_2005.pdf

02/25/2025

Frozen or clogged septic pipes ? No problem!

01/11/2025

Before & After. Riser upgrade.

07/11/2024

Do you have a challenging site or property? Are you in need of a new or replacement septic system? We can make it happen.
Kootenay Wastewater Systems Ltd

01/05/2024

Kootenay Wastewater Systems is looking forward to the 2024 season. Just a reminder to all the folks in the area looking to get a septic installed this year. Make sure you are getting a legally installed compliant wastewater system designed and installed for your property and the home it will be servicing. A non compliant wastewater system for one is not legal and second it will decrease the value of your home and property and only cause you issues if you ever need or want to sell your home and property.

05/11/2023

Hello Cranbrook. We also do waterline installation, replacement & repair.

04/30/2023

I got a call the other day from a home owner about effluent coming out of the top of his septic tank riser lid. He asked if I pumped out systems? and I said I do not but I would be happy to come and look before he spends a bunch of money on a pump out service. I got to the property and as the home owner had mentioned there was effluent coming out of the septic tank lid. This was the second tank in series and a pump chamber in front of this tank. I looked at the pump chamber and it was at normal operating level and the pump was working as it should. I have a small sump pump that has a filter screen on it and started pumping some of the effluent out of this backed up septic tank into the pump chamber. I asked the owner if there was another access lid? and he said not that he was aware of. I got looking around and sure enough there was a hollow sound just below the surface when I thumped on the ground with my boot. We got a shovel and sure enough there was another access lid that he did not know was there. This lid, buried 6" below grade by the installer in 2006, was the access lid to the effluent filter installed in the outlet baffle of this septic tank that the home owner was unaware of. We removed the lid and I probed around and sure enough there was the effluent filter. I put on my trusty garbage bag up to my armpit and and asked the owner to help by holding a butterfly net over the end of the pipe in the pump chamber so that when I pull the filter up a little, a bunch of solids would not go into the pump chamber. I reached into the tank and pulled the filter up just a little and effluent started flowing into the pump chamber. The level in the septic tank eventually got to normal operating level and I pulled the effluent filter all the way out and cleaned it off into the septic tank with a garden hose. This had been an ongoing issue and the home owner had this tank pumped out several times before. The last time the pumper service told him it was a frozen pipe and jetted the pipe from the pump chamber(approximately 5') into the baffle that houses this effluent filter and declaring the blockage removed charged the home owner $600 for there service.

So if you are having an issue with your septic system give us a call before you call a pumper. It could just be a simple problem, heck you might even learn something about your septic system. I added some pictures for visual effect. These are not pictures from this job as my hands were covered in you know what but you get the idea.

04/16/2023

The Jaffray Hall is getting a new septic this coming week. Thanks to Emco Waterworks in Cranbrook and Premier Plastic Tanks for the free 1350 gallon tank. Emco also provided us with a free Myers 1.5 hp effluent pump, thanks Myers, and a duplex aquaworx control panel from Infiltrator. Thanks Infiltrator. More posts to come on the installation. Looking forward to giving back to my home town.

07/26/2022

This hard working man is from Wrights Vacuum & Septic Service in the East Kootenay Region. Just for reference he is sucking out the filter media(Peat Moss)in a 12 year old Combined Wastewater Treatment & Dispersal System. The septic tank drains into this open bottom biofilter unit. If you have one of these and it is more than 10 years old, it is probably due for a media replacement or risk replacing your entire wastewater system due to not maintaining it $$$$$. Give us a call for an estimate to replace your media or to schedule a maintenance visit. I think this would rate high on the dirty jobs scale,LOL.

Address

Cranbrook, BC

Telephone

+12509195982

Website

http://www.kootenaywastewatersystems.com/

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