Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department, Water Quality Program (Onsite Wastewater)

On-Site Wastewater Treatment System Construction or Alteration/Repair Permit (unincorporated Lancaster County)

A business on a rural site in unincorporated Lancaster County that is served by an on-site wastewater (septic) system needs a permit from the Health Director of the Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department to build or alter the system; a site on a public sewer has no septic permit. County Resolution R-15-0004 regulates on-site wastewater treatment systems "within the unincorporated areas in Lancaster County outside of the incorporated cities and villages and their jurisdictional areas." Section IV states that "No person shall construct a new on-site wastewater treatment system or cause the same to be done without an on-site wastewater treatment system construction permit issued by the Health Director," and requires an alteration repair permit to resize or alter the dike of a lagoon, replace tanks, soil absorption, infiltrative or evaporative systems, or extend the laterals of an existing system; repairing existing structural components such as distribution boxes, pumps, blowers and electrical equipment needs no repair permit. Fees are set by County Board resolution; the schedules printed in R-15-0004 cover only 2014 to 2016, so the LLCHD Water Quality Program (402-441-8002) gives the current amount.