Sewer Line Repair in Suffolk County, NY

• Coverage across Huntington, Huntington Station, Centerport, Babylon, Lindenhurst, Deer Park, Bay Shore, Islip, Smithtown, Patchogue, Port Jefferson and Riverhead.
• Crews work the Long Island Expressway (I-495), Northern State Parkway, Southern State Parkway, Sagtikos Parkway, Sunrise Highway (Route 27), Route 25 and Route 110.
• Sewered areas cluster in western Suffolk; farther east, most homes are on septic.

• New building sewer connection from a cesspool
• Camera inspection before buying a 1950s or 1960s house
• Orangeburg pipe replacement
• Root removal in clay laterals
• Cesspool pump-out and backfill after connection
• Cleanout and backwater valve installation

• The Town of Huntington lists a sanitary sewer connection permit fee of $150 for residential property and $500 for commercial property.
• Suffolk County Code Chapter 740 sets an out-of-district connection fee of $30 per gallon per day of flow, replacing the earlier $15 rate, for properties connecting from outside a county sewer district.
• Suffolk County's Septic Improvement Program offers up to $20,000, and the state program up to $25,000, but only to replace a cesspool or septic system on property not connected to sewers or in a proposed sewer area.
• Method: these are published town and county fee schedule amounts; private labor is priced per linear foot and by depth, and the right-of-way restoration on a local street adds to any quote.

• Step 1: Confirm the district. Suffolk County DPW sewer permits cover county districts under Suffolk County Code Chapter 740; town districts like Huntington issue their own permit ($150 residential).
• Step 2: File the building sewer connection application with SCDPW; only contractors licensed and bonded with SCDPW may make the connection.
• Step 3: Call for inspection at least two working days ahead at 631-854-4185; the pipe must be inspected before backfill.
• Step 4: After the connection, the old cesspool or septic tank must be pumped out and backfilled under the county's connection conditions.

• Sandy outwash soils: most of central Suffolk sits on glacial sand and gravel near the Long Island Expressway corridor, easy to dig but quick to cave in a deep trench.
• Water table: neighborhoods along the South Shore near Great South Bay have a shallow water table, which floods trenches and can require dewatering.
• Older homes: 1950s and 1960s houses near the Huntington and Babylon station areas often have Orangeburg or cast iron building sewers past their service life.
• Tree roots: mature street trees in older north shore hamlets around Huntington and Centerport crowd laterals and enter clay joints.
• Freeze: shallow pipe near the house can freeze in a hard Long Island winter, though frost is milder than upstate.
• USDA NRCS soil survey data for Suffolk County (survey NY103) map 117,482 of 741,300 acres, 15.8%, on slopes of 8% or more and 35,628 acres, 4.8%, with a water table within about 12 inches of the surface.

Huntington · Huntington Station · Centerport · Babylon · Lindenhurst · Deer Park · Bay Shore · Islip · Smithtown · Patchogue · Port Jefferson · Riverhead