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Request a Quote →In Ramara, any work to a septic system needs a permit from the Township. The septic permit is an application for a building permit to construct a sewage system, and a failing system is a listed trigger. Forms include the Septic Permit Application, Schedules 1 and 2, septic calculations, a Septic Verification Form and a site plan. A qualified installer must determine the type and size if there is no record of the existing system.
The Township owns two wastewater treatment facilities serving Brechin, Lagoon City and Bayshore Village, so properties there are on municipal wastewater rather than septic. Septic work applies to properties outside those service areas.
Ramara’s On-Site Sewage Reinspection Program covers properties within 100 m of the Lake Simcoe shoreline and watershed, and within 100 m of a municipal well or surface water intake. Owners give the Township a pump-out certificate from a certified hauler. If a system fails, the owner receives a letter listing the deficiencies and a deadline for repairs.
Tell us about your project and a local septic contractor who works in Ramara can reach out to you directly.
Contractors in our network handle the installation side of septic work.
A new system for a new build, a cottage, an addition, or a lot that has never had one. It starts with a permit and a designed system.
When a tank, bed or whole system has reached the end of its life or no longer meets the Building Code, a replacement is designed and permitted.
Soggy ground, odours over the bed, or sewage backing up after a pump-out often point to the leaching bed rather than the tank.
Looking for pumping, tank cleaning, or a clogged drain? Those are a different trade, and this site does not refer them. A local septic pumping company is the right call for a full tank or a blocked line. Come back if a pump-out shows the system itself has failed and needs repair or replacement.