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Winston County septic services.

85 license-verified providers serve Winston County. Every listing is checked against AOWB license records.

Updated September 2, 2026 · data re-verified against AOWB records

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256 Homepros, LLC ✓ AOWB Verified
Basic Level Installer · 4992  +  Pumper · 5312 · Active — checked Sep 1, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System InstallationSeptic Tank Pumping

Serving Blount, Cullman, Lawrence, Madison + 3 more

(256) 338-4034 View profile
A-
A-1 Hauling & Backhoe, INC ✓ AOWB Verified
Advanced Level I Installer · 691 · Active — checked Sep 1, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Cullman, Lawrence, Limestone, Morgan + 1 more

(256) 612-0868 View profile
A-
A-Z Services LLC ✓ AOWB Verified
Advanced Level II Installer · 2921  +  Pumper · 2789 · Active — checked Sep 1, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System InstallationSeptic Tank Pumping

Serving Autauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bibb + 63 more

(334) 207-3525 View profile
AA
Aaa Septic ✓ AOWB Verified
Basic Level Installer · 4786  +  Pumper · 4787 · Active — checked Sep 1, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System InstallationSeptic Tank Pumping

Serving Blount, Cullman, Morgan, Walker + 1 more

(256) 739-5917 View profile
AA
Aaa Septic Tank Service ✓ AOWB Verified
Advanced Level I Installer · 393  +  Pumper · 394 · Active — checked Sep 1, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System InstallationSeptic Tank Pumping

Serving Blount, Cullman, Morgan, Winston

(256) 739-5917 View profile
AD
Advance Septic ✓ AOWB Verified
Advanced Level II Installer · 2046  +  Pumper · 2131 · Active — checked Sep 1, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System InstallationSeptic Tank Pumping

Serving Autauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bibb + 63 more

(256) 310-4226 View profile
AM
American Pride Septic Service ✓ AOWB Verified
Advanced Level II Installer · 529  +  Manufacturer · 530 · Active — checked Sep 1, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Autauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bibb + 63 more

(334) 749-3929 View profile
AN
Andrew Jay Adcock Excavating ✓ AOWB Verified
Basic Level Installer · 4688 · Active — checked Sep 1, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Franklin, Marion, Winston

(205) 627-0002 View profile
AN
Anthony Allison ✓ AOWB Verified
Advanced Level II Installer · 2909 · Active — checked Sep 1, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Cullman, Marshall, Morgan, Winston

(256) 590-4323 View profile
BA
Baggett’S Septic Tank Service ✓ AOWB Verified
Basic Level Installer · 586  +  Pumper · 223 · Active — checked Sep 1, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System InstallationSeptic Tank Pumping

Serving Fayette, Franklin, Marion, Winston

(205) 921-4954 View profile
BA
Batson Enterprises, INC ✓ AOWB Verified
Advanced Level II Installer · 1939 · Active — checked Sep 1, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Autauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bibb + 63 more

(205) 335-5925 View profile
BC
Bc Plumbing ✓ AOWB Verified
Basic Level Installer · 4713 · Active — checked Sep 1, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Autauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bibb + 63 more

(334) 799-2091 View profile
BL
Black creek services ✓ AOWB Verified
Basic Level Installer · 5204 · Active — checked Sep 1, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Cullman, Fayette, Franklin, Lamar + 5 more

(205) 288-6775 View profile
BO
Bodley Contracting ✓ AOWB Verified
Advanced Level I Installer · 2164 · Active — checked Sep 1, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Lawrence, Limestone, Morgan, Winston

(256) 303-8547 View profile
BO
Borden Plumber ✓ AOWB Verified
Advanced Level I Installer · 596  +  Pumper · 597 · Active — checked Sep 1, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System InstallationSeptic Tank Pumping

Serving Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale, Lawrence + 2 more

(256) 303-9421 View profile
BR
Bradley Henderson ✓ AOWB Verified
Advanced Level I Installer · 3095 · Active — checked Sep 1, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Winston

(205) 272-0574 View profile
BR
Brasher Excavating ✓ AOWB Verified
Advanced Level I Installer · 133 · Active — checked Sep 1, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Autauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bibb + 63 more

(205) 365-0505 View profile
BR
Brookside Septic Tank Service ✓ AOWB Verified
Advanced Level I Installer · 873  +  Advanced Level I Installer · 877 · Active — checked Sep 1, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System InstallationSeptic Tank Pumping

Serving Autauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bibb + 63 more

(205) 674-7082 View profile
BR
Brown Excavation LLC ✓ AOWB Verified
Advanced Level II Installer · 4387  +  Pumper · 4419 · Active — checked Sep 1, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System InstallationSeptic Tank Pumping

Serving Autauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bibb + 63 more

(334) 850-0338 View profile
BR
Brown Excavation LLC ✓ AOWB Verified
Advanced Level I Installer · 4517  +  Pumper · 4518 · Active — checked Sep 1, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System InstallationSeptic Tank Pumping

Serving Autauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bibb + 63 more

(334) 235-1421 View profile
C
C & M Dozier Excavating ✓ AOWB Verified
Basic Level Installer · 1154 · Active — checked Sep 1, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Fayette, Franklin, Lamar, Marion + 1 more

(205) 442-4271 View profile
CO
Coburn Contracting LLC ✓ AOWB Verified
Basic Level Installer · 4708  +  Pumper · 4564 · Active — checked Sep 1, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System InstallationSeptic Tank Pumping

Serving Autauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bibb + 63 more

(334) 240-2277 View profile
CR
Cr Management ✓ AOWB Verified
Basic Level Installer · 4818 · Active — checked Sep 1, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Autauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bibb + 63 more

(205) 281-3362 View profile
CR
Cr Management, Maintenance & Conststruction, LLC ✓ AOWB Verified
Advanced Level II Installer · 1963 · Active — checked Sep 1, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Autauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bibb + 63 more

(205) 965-2112 View profile
CU
Cunningham Backhoe ✓ AOWB Verified
Basic Level Installer · 3056 · Active — checked Sep 1, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Autauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bibb + 63 more

(256) 599-5124 View profile
DA
Danny Strickland INC. ✓ AOWB Verified
Advanced Level I Installer · 2966  +  Pumper · 2967 · Active — checked Sep 1, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System InstallationSeptic Tank Pumping

Serving Cullman, Lawrence, Morgan, Winston

(256) 566-9456 View profile
DE
Deep South Septic And Excavation ✓ AOWB Verified
Advanced Level I Installer · 4609 · Active — checked Sep 1, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Autauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bibb + 63 more

(256) 490-5718 View profile
DE
Densmore Excavating, INC ✓ AOWB Verified
Basic Level Installer · 1596 · Active — checked Sep 1, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Cullman, Walker, Winston

(205) 387-1655 View profile
DU
Duncan Excavating ✓ AOWB Verified
Advanced Level II Installer · 996 · Active — checked Sep 1, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Blount, Cullman, Fayette, Marion + 3 more

(205) 275-8401 View profile
EL
Elrod’S Contracting ✓ AOWB Verified
Basic Level Installer · 1324 · Active — checked Sep 1, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Blount, Cullman, Marshall, Morgan + 1 more

(256) 708-0477 View profile
GA
Gable Sept Tank And Backhoe Service ✓ AOWB Verified
Advanced Level I Installer · 136  +  Pumper · 137 · Active — checked Sep 1, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System InstallationSeptic Tank Pumping

Serving Blount, Cullman, Morgan, Winston

(256) 737-9912 View profile
GO
Godseys septic and repair ✓ AOWB Verified
Basic Level Installer · 4947 · Active — checked Sep 1, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Winston

(205) 842-3357 View profile
GR
Gray and Sons Septic Services, LLC ✓ AOWB Verified
Advanced Level I Installer · 4170  +  Pumper · 5316 · Active — checked Sep 1, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System InstallationSeptic Tank Pumping

Serving Autauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bibb + 63 more

(334) 530-0751 View profile
GR
Green’S Septic Service ✓ AOWB Verified
Basic Level Installer · 1632  +  Pumper · 1320 · Active — checked Sep 1, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System InstallationSeptic Tank Pumping

Serving Franklin, Marion, Winston

(205) 486-4231 View profile
HA
Hall Construction ✓ AOWB Verified
Advanced Level I Installer · 192 · Active — checked Sep 1, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Autauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bibb + 63 more

(256) 638-1068 View profile
HA
Hart Services Of Eclectic LLC ✓ AOWB Verified
Basic Level Installer · 4795 · Active — checked Sep 1, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Autauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bibb + 63 more

(334) 651-1059 View profile
HU
Hutchins Services, LLC ✓ AOWB Verified
Advanced Level I Installer · 2170  +  Pumper · 2295 · Active — checked Sep 1, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System InstallationSeptic Tank Pumping

Serving Autauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bibb + 63 more

(256) 404-5376 View profile
JE
Jeff Williams Septic Systems ✓ AOWB Verified
Advanced Level I Installer · 1064 · Active — checked Sep 1, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Fayette, Jefferson, Marion, Tuscaloosa + 2 more

(205) 924-8560 View profile
JO
Jody Green Excavating ✓ AOWB Verified
Basic Level Installer · 165 · Active — checked Sep 1, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Cullman, Fayette, Franklin, Lamar + 4 more

(205) 495-6975 View profile
K
K & K Excavating ✓ AOWB Verified
Advanced Level II Installer · 943 · Active — checked Sep 1, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Autauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bibb + 63 more

(205) 361-1075 View profile
KE
Keith Hartley Excavating ✓ AOWB Verified
Basic Level Installer · 150 · Active — checked Sep 1, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Walker, Winston

(205) 384-1314 View profile
KE
Kess Environmental Services, LLC ✓ AOWB Verified
Advanced Level II Installer · 4085  +  Pumper · 5037 · Active — checked Sep 1, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System InstallationSeptic Tank Pumping

Serving Autauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bibb + 63 more

(334) 296-3275 View profile
KY
Kyle Concrete ✓ AOWB Verified
Basic Level Installer · 5157 · Active — checked Sep 1, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Lawrence, Walker, Winston

(256) 974-8696 View profile
LA
Lawrence Septic Tank And Backhoe ✓ AOWB Verified
Advanced Level I Installer · 478  +  Pumper · 479 · Active — checked Sep 1, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System InstallationSeptic Tank Pumping

Serving Autauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bibb + 63 more

(334) 687-2301 View profile
M
M & M Excavating LLC ✓ AOWB Verified
Advanced Level I Installer · 4219  +  Pumper · 4702 · Active — checked Sep 1, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System InstallationSeptic Tank Pumping

Serving Blount, Cullman, Walker, Winston

(205) 259-3615 View profile
MA
Manley Backhoe Service ✓ AOWB Verified
Advanced Level I Installer · 1389 · Active — checked Sep 1, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Cullman, Lawrence, Morgan, Walker + 1 more

(256) 338-7632 View profile
MA
Martin Septic Tanks ✓ AOWB Verified
Basic Level Installer · 2952  +  Pumper · 2978 · Active — checked Sep 1, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System InstallationSeptic Tank Pumping

Serving Blount, Cullman, Fayette, Marion + 2 more

(205) 300-6433 View profile
MA
Matthew Green Backhoe & Dozer ✓ AOWB Verified
Advanced Level I Installer · 582  +  Pumper · 3025 · Active — checked Sep 1, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System InstallationSeptic Tank Pumping

Serving Fayette, Franklin, Lamar, Marion + 1 more

(205) 495-1100 View profile
MC
McCombs construction services ✓ AOWB Verified
Advanced Level I Installer · 4211 · Active — checked Sep 1, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Blount, Cullman, Walker, Winston

(256) 595-4222 View profile
MC
McCombs construction services LLC ✓ AOWB Verified
Basic Level Installer · 4210 · Active — checked Sep 1, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Blount, Cullman, Walker, Winston

(256) 339-3665 View profile
MC
Mcguire Enterprises, LLC ✓ AOWB Verified
Advanced Level I Installer · 2412  +  Pumper · 4936 · Active — checked Sep 1, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System InstallationSeptic Tank Pumping

Serving Autauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bibb + 63 more

(256) 777-9282 View profile
MI
Micah Dickerson ✓ AOWB Verified
Basic Level Installer · 4948 · Active — checked Sep 1, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Winston

(205) 522-8028 View profile
MI
Miller Environmental Services ✓ AOWB Verified
Advanced Level I Installer · 4683  +  Pumper · 4700 · Active — checked Sep 1, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System InstallationSeptic Tank Pumping

Serving Autauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bibb + 63 more

(256) 460-1055 View profile
MI
Miller’S Backhoe Service ✓ AOWB Verified
Advanced Level I Installer · 4791 · Active — checked Sep 1, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Autauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bibb + 63 more

(334) 339-5187 View profile
MI
Mitchell Construction Company ✓ AOWB Verified
Advanced Level I Installer · 1098 · Active — checked Sep 1, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Autauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bibb + 63 more

(256) 777-3841 View profile
NI
Nix Excavating, INC ✓ AOWB Verified
Advanced Level I Installer · 256 · Active — checked Sep 1, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Colbert, Franklin, Marion, Winston

(256) 627-3845 View profile
O&
O’Malley Backhoe And Septic Tank Service ✓ AOWB Verified
Advanced Level I Installer · 4109 · Active — checked Sep 1, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale, Lawrence + 2 more

(256) 381-7148 View profile
OS
Oswalt Septic Tank Manufacturing, INC ✓ AOWB Verified
Basic Level Installer · 5107  +  Manufacturer · 660 · Active — checked Sep 1, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Bibb, Blount, Cullman, Fayette + 8 more

(205) 221-4209 View profile
PO
Poole Backhoe ✓ AOWB Verified
Advanced Level I Installer · 127 · Active — checked Sep 1, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Cullman, DeKalb, Jackson, Lauderdale + 7 more

(256) 603-2321 View profile
PR
Premier Property Maintenance LLC ✓ AOWB Verified
Basic Level Installer · 4663 · Active — checked Sep 1, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Autauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bibb + 63 more

(205) 442-5756 View profile
PR
Pro Septic and Drainage LLC. ✓ AOWB Verified
Basic Level Installer · 4949 · Active — checked Sep 1, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Autauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bibb + 63 more

(334) 268-0533 View profile
RE
Rear Earth Contstruction ✓ AOWB Verified
Advanced Level I Installer · 1083 · Active — checked Sep 1, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Autauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bibb + 62 more

(256) 303-8319 View profile
RO
Robinson & Sons Construction Services, Inc. ✓ AOWB Verified
Basic Level Installer · 4191  +  Pumper · 4192 · Active — checked Sep 1, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System InstallationSeptic Tank Pumping

Serving Winston

(205) 486-5763 View profile
SF
Sfi Environmental ✓ AOWB Verified
Basic Level Installer · 4950  +  Pumper · 4914 · Active — checked Sep 1, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System InstallationSeptic Tank Pumping

Serving Autauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bibb + 63 more

(256) 504-2151 View profile
SI
Singleton Excavating, INC ✓ AOWB Verified
Basic Level Installer · 2394 · Active — checked Sep 1, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Autauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bibb + 63 more

(205) 926-3062 View profile
ST
Steady Flow Septics INC. ✓ AOWB Verified
Basic Level Installer · 4490  +  Pumper · 5177 · Active — checked Sep 1, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System InstallationSeptic Tank Pumping

Serving Autauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bibb + 63 more

(256) 710-4918 View profile
ST
Steven Head Construction ✓ AOWB Verified
Basic Level Installer · 5244  +  Advanced Level II Installer · 771 · Active — checked Sep 1, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System InstallationSeptic Tank Pumping

Serving Autauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bibb + 63 more

(334) 560-2511 View profile
ST
Stewart & Sons Septic Tanks ✓ AOWB Verified
Basic Level Installer · 522 · Active — checked Sep 1, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Cullman, Walker, Winston

(205) 221-8039 View profile
ST
Strickland Septic Service ✓ AOWB Verified
Advanced Level I Installer · 1498  +  Pumper · 2334 · Active — checked Sep 1, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System InstallationSeptic Tank Pumping

Serving Blount, Cullman, Lawrence, Marshall + 3 more

(256) 338-1015 View profile
SU
Superior Septic Services, LLC. ✓ AOWB Verified
Basic Level Installer · 2859  +  Pumper · 2745 · Active — checked Sep 1, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System InstallationSeptic Tank Pumping

Serving Cullman, Walker, Winston

(205) 522-6634 View profile
SW
Swann’S Septic Service ✓ AOWB Verified
Advanced Level I Installer · 1061  +  Pumper · 1062 · Active — checked Sep 1, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System InstallationSeptic Tank Pumping

Serving Blount, Cullman, Walker, Winston

(256) 287-0101 View profile
T
T & S Backhoe INC. ✓ AOWB Verified
Advanced Level II Installer · 858 · Active — checked Sep 1, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Autauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bibb + 63 more

(205) 955-0997 View profile
TH
The Creel Company, INC ✓ AOWB Verified
Advanced Level II Installer · 2963 · Active — checked Sep 1, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Autauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bibb + 63 more

(251) 460-2722 View profile
TH
Thompson Environmental, INC d/b/a Thompson Excavation Services ✓ AOWB Verified
Advanced Level II Installer · 1296 · Active — checked Sep 1, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Cullman, Walker, Winston

(205) 388-6102 View profile
TI
TIERCE INDUSTRIAL SERVICE dba Roto Rooter ✓ AOWB Verified
Advanced Level I Installer · 602  +  Pumper · 601 · Active — checked Sep 1, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System InstallationSeptic Tank Pumping

Serving Autauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bibb + 63 more

(334) 272-7130 View profile
TI
Tim Brannon Construction ✓ AOWB Verified
Basic Level Installer · 753 · Active — checked Sep 1, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Franklin, Marion, Winston

(205) 486-4394 View profile
TP
Tp’S Septic Tank And Plumbing ✓ AOWB Verified
Basic Level Installer · 4778  +  Advanced Level I Installer · 614 · Active — checked Sep 1, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System InstallationSeptic Tank Pumping

Serving Blount, Cullman, Marshall, Morgan + 1 more

(256) 352-6182 View profile
W
W & W Farms ✓ AOWB Verified
Basic Level Installer · 539 · Active — checked Sep 1, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Blount, Cullman, Limestone, Marshall + 3 more

(256) 796-2756 View profile
WA
Wade Feezell ✓ AOWB Verified
Advanced Level I Installer · 548 · Active — checked Sep 1, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Blount, Cullman, Lawrence, Morgan + 2 more

(256) 585-5291 View profile
WA
Wastewater Services ✓ AOWB Verified
Advanced Level I Installer · 4472  +  Pumper · 4473 · Active — checked Sep 1, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System InstallationSeptic Tank Pumping

Serving Autauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bibb + 63 more

(256) 371-1511 View profile

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Permits

Who issues them here.

Permit fees, forms & process

Any new system or major repair in Winston County needs a permit before construction starts. This county’s full guide is still in production — the authority contact is the official source in the meantime.

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Local rules

What’s different in Winston County.

Four things decide what you can build and what it costs: zoning, environmental protections, power for aerobic systems, and the ground itself. We publish each one only where we have checked it — and say so plainly where the answer is “same as the rest of Alabama”.

Zoning & land use

Alabama’s onsite sewage rules are statewide in ADPH Chapter 420-3-1, and the permit comes from the local health department. In Winston County that is the ADPH-operated Winston County Health Department, which reviews the site, issues the Permit to Install and signs the Approval for Use. Ask that office first: r. 420-3-1-.68(2) lets a county board of health add requirements the state chapter does not carry.

Source: Alabama Department of Public Health, Locations - Public Health Districts and County Health Departments, the listing of every Alabama county health department (page last updated August 24, 2026) ↗ · retrieved Sep 1, 2026

Also: Alabama State Board of Health, Alabama Administrative Code r. 420-3-1-.68 Approvals By Others Not Implied (published December 30, 2022; effective February 13, 2023), paragraph (2) preserving the authority of County Boards of Health to adopt more stringent requirements, as published by the Alabama Legislative Services Agency ↗ · retrieved Sep 1, 2026

Environmental protections

Nothing in Winston County changes this. Alabama’s separation distances are statewide and tabulated: Rule 420-3-1-.65(1) sets the minimum setbacks from wells, surface water, property lines, foundations and sinkholes for the disposal field, the tank and every other component, in Table 4 of the chapter. Karst is the limitation the rule text singles out — a site with caves, sinkholes or similar depressions within 300 feet of the disposal field that are likely to be affected is rated extreme, and no part of a system may sit within 50 feet of a sinkhole rim (r. 420-3-1-.38(5)).

How Alabama permitting works

Checked against Alabama Department of Environmental Management, Alabama Administrative Code r. 335-6-10-.09 Specific Water Quality Criteria and r. 335-6-10-.10 Special Designations (Outstanding Alabama Water, Outstanding National Resource Water, Treasured Alabama Lake), whose criteria attach to point source discharges, as published by the Alabama Legislative Services Agency ↗ · retrieved Sep 1, 2026

Also: Alabama Department of Environmental Management, 2024 Alabama Section 303(d) List of impaired waters - the county-keyed list, which names on-site wastewater systems as a source on 15 county-segment rows and carries no onsite permitting consequence in ADPH Chapter 420-3-1 ↗ · retrieved Sep 1, 2026

Geology & soil

Bedrock close to the surface is the governing constraint in Winston County, on 76.9% of the soils NRCS rates for a septic field, with a permeable layer beneath the trench next at 61.4%. Appalachian Plateau ground: 56% of those rated soils lie on slopes over 15 percent, average 18%, and rock or a restrictive layer sits within five feet on 89%. Very limited is a design constraint here, not a ban.

Source: USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, Soil Survey Geographic Database (SSURGO), queried via Soil Data Access - interpretation ENG - Septic Tank Absorption Fields (Alabama survey areas saved 26 August to 10 September 2025) ↗ · retrieved Sep 1, 2026

Also: USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, Land Resource Regions and Major Land Resource Areas of the United States, the Caribbean, and the Pacific Basin, USDA Agriculture Handbook 296 (2022 revision) - MLRA 122 Highland Rim and Pennyroyal, 123 Nashville Basin, 125 Cumberland Plateau and Mountains, 128 Southern Appalachian Ridges and Valleys, 129 Sand Mountain, 133A Southern Coastal Plain, 135A Alabama and Mississippi Blackland Prairie, 136 Southern Piedmont, 152A Eastern Gulf Coast Flatwoods ↗ · retrieved Sep 1, 2026

i3 of 4 local factors researched for this county so far. Each one is published with the authority it came from and the date we read it. Methodology

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