Septic Tank Service in Norris, TN
We pump, test, repair and install septic systems in Norris, in Anderson County, including ZIP codes 37828 and 37705.
Septic tank pumping in Norris
Pumping is the most common septic job. Most household tanks in Norris need it every three to five years, sooner with a small tank or a full house. Work out your own interval with the septic pumping calculator, or see what a septic tank pumping visit involves.
Sewer or septic in Norris?
Norris has its own small sewer system, but not every home is on it: the city has about 700 water customers and only around 570 sewer customers. Near the lake, TVA's shoreline rules keep septic tanks and field lines off TVA land, and a system on land under a TVA flowage easement needs TVA's approval.
Who issues septic permits in Anderson County
TDEC Division of Water Resources, Knoxville Environmental Field Office
3711 Middlebrook Pike, Knoxville, TN 37921
Phone: 865-594-6035
Anderson County is not one of the contract counties, so the permit comes from TDEC's Knoxville field office, and a TDEC environmental scientist does the site evaluation. A construction permit is good for three years from the day it is issued.
The ground around Norris
TVA built Norris in 1933 as a planned town for the dam workers. It sits on wooded hills south of the Clinch, with more than 2,200 acres of city watershed around it and Norris Dam State Park partly inside the city line. Norris Lake has around 800 miles of shoreline.
Fullerton soils cover the most ground around Norris, with Pailo and Collegedale. The USDA rates all three very limited for septic fields, mostly for slow water movement and slope. Those are general ratings from the USDA soil survey. Your permit depends on a soil evaluation of your own lot.
What that means for the cost
Slow soil means a bigger drain field for the same house. A three-bedroom house needs about 2,250 sq ft of field on clay (typically $16,000 to $22,000 installed) against 375 sq ft on sand ($5,000 to $6,500). See the full breakdown on septic installation cost in Knox County.
Why the perc test comes first
Under Tennessee's septic rules, a new system is not permitted until the lot's soil has been evaluated, usually with a soil map drawn by a licensed soil consultant. That evaluation sets your field size and your price. Read more about perc testing near Norris, or try the numbers below.
How far we are from Norris
Norris is about 30 minutes' drive from our yard at 801 E 5th Ave in Knoxville, depending on traffic.