Columbia Sanitary pumps septic tanks, holding tanks in the following counties in Colorado: Jefferson, Tri-counties, Gilpin, Clear Creek, Park, Weld, Boulder, Broomfield, & Denver in Colorado

If your house is selling, we are licensed to pump and inspect, certify your system for sale.

Columbia sanitary has peen in the septic business since 1959.. We pump the greater Denver Area, West to the divide, South to Fairplay, North to Allens Park above Boulder, and East to Eastern Arapaho and Adams counties. We get a lot of referrals from customers. Our company is licensed by County, EPA, and Colorado State Health Department.

We are licensed, insured & bonded. We are a distributor of Hydro Action advanced Treatment systems and an authorized service provider for Norweco, Advantex, Nibbler Jr, & other advanced treatment systems. Septic tanks are individual septage treatment systems that are found in 25% of the homes in the United States.

We are now proud to bring you insurance for your septic system!
Please call us for details.

Are you on a septic system? Wouldn’t you like to know a little about that system?
Click on Septic systems 101

It is a live system and with proper care can last a long time. Also we are available to answer questions you might have. Your system should be pumped periodically. This will keep you from expensive replacement of an absorption
bed, (leach field). Regardless of what you hear, pump your tank. Below is a pumping chart based on what most counties suggest.

Note: The chart is if you are not using a garbage disposal.

Here is a brief description of how a septic works.
For more information click on septic 101

Your system is made up of two components. Your tank is the first stop for all the waste coming from your home. In the tank, the processing of bacteria break down the solids sent to the tank. The waste product from the bacteria and
Inorganic matter that can not be processed by bacteria fall to the bottom of the tank, which is called sludge.

Bacteria is passed along from you to the tank, so there is no need to add bacteria. Sludge will over time build up in your tank and take up room that otherwise would be used by the system to process waste from the house. When too much sludge builds up in the tank, it will migrate the leach field and clog up the absorption bed.

This is a very expensive repair with the cost being in the thousands. Leach fields can fail due to poor engineering, age, over use, and various other reasons.

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