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Tennessee › Carter County
County directory

Carter County septic services.

215 permit-verified providers serve Carter County in the East Tennessee region. Every listing is checked against TDEC subsurface sewage disposal permit records.

Updated September 1, 2026 · data re-verified against TDEC records

Carter County, at a glance
Permit-verified providers listed215
RegionEast Tennessee
Providers

Verified first, always labeled.

96 of 100 providers

3D
3D Landworks/ Joshua Davis TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 19312 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Carter, Greene, Hawkins, Johnson + 3 more

4
4 Seasons Contracting TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 18233 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Anderson, Bedford, Benton, Bledsoe + 91 more

A
A & R Backhoe TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 13062 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Blount, Carter, Greene, Hawkins + 5 more

A
A Plus Plumbing Inc TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 146 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Carter, Johnson, Sullivan, Unicoi + 1 more

A.
A. Bailey Company LLC TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 12220 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Carter, Greene, Hawkins, Sullivan + 1 more

A.
A. Goedeke Services TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 18094 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Anderson, Bedford, Benton, Bledsoe + 32 more

AA
AA Land Development TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 14833 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Anderson, Bedford, Benton, Bledsoe + 91 more

AD
Adriel TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 14350 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Anderson, Bedford, Benton, Bledsoe + 90 more

AH
Aheron Mountain Homes TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 14369 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Carter, Greene, Washington

AL
Alex gibson TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 19576 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Blount, Carter, Claiborne, Cocke + 13 more

AL
All Out Hardscaping TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 19246 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Blount, Carter, Greene, Hancock + 6 more

AL
All Season Lawn and More llc TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 18122 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Carter, Claiborne, Cocke, Greene + 6 more

AL
Allen’s excavating and construction TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 10515 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Blount, Carter, Claiborne, Cocke + 12 more

AN
Anthony Roberts TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 13763 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Carter, Cocke, Greene, Hamblen + 4 more

AP
Appalachian Works TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 19126 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Carter, Cocke, Greene, Hamblen + 6 more

AP
Appetite For Construction TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 18502 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Blount, Carter, Greene, Sullivan + 2 more

AT
AT Sitework, LLC TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 14065 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Carter, Greene, Hawkins, Johnson + 3 more

B
B & R CONSTRUCTION TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 10617 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Blount, Carter, Greene, Johnson + 3 more

B&
B&B Construction TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 14346 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Blount, Carter, Cheatham, Chester + 27 more

B&
B&h excavating TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 19721 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Blount, Carter, Claiborne, Cocke + 10 more

BA
Baileys Land Service TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 19018 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Carter, Cocke, Greene, Hamblen + 4 more

BA
Barker’s Enterprises, LLC TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 12159 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Carter

BA
Barrett’s excavating TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 19061 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Carter, Cocke, Greene, Hancock + 7 more

BI
Big Ben Enterprise LLC TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 18403 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Carter, Hawkins, Johnson, Sullivan + 2 more

BI
Billy Stout & Sons Excavating TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 13509 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Carter, Johnson, Sullivan, Washington

BL
Blake Stout Construction TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 10324 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Carter, Johnson, Sullivan, Unicoi

BL
Blue Pines Construction TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 10050 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Carter, Greene, Johnson, Sullivan + 2 more

BL
blue ridge excavating TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 11056 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Carter, Hawkins, Sullivan, Washington

BO
Bob Trivette TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 11717 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Anderson, Bedford, Blount, Carter + 13 more

BR
Brad Eastridge TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 13023 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Carter, Cocke, Greene, Hawkins + 3 more

BR
Brad McNeil TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 19313 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Carter, Greene, Hawkins, Sullivan + 2 more

BR
Bradshaw Construction TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 1601 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Carter, Greene, Hawkins, Johnson + 3 more

BR
Bridgeman Sr Construction TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 18847 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Carter, Greene, Hancock, Hawkins + 4 more

BR
Broadys Dirtworx LLC TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 18478 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Carter, Greene, Hamblen, Hancock + 6 more

BR
Brooks Excavating & Construction, llc TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 13321 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Carter, Cocke, Greene, Hamblen + 4 more

BR
Brown & Son Construction TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 1108 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Blount, Carter, Claiborne, Cocke + 12 more

BR
Brown and Sons Landworks TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 18727 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Carter, Cocke, Greene, Hamblen + 4 more

BR
Bryan K. Slagle Construction TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 1015 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Carter

BU
Buchanan’s Septic Solutions TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 19602  +  Septic Tank Pumping Contractor · 1036 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System InstallationSeptic Tank Pumping

Serving Carter, Johnson, Unicoi, Washington

BU
Built by Josh LLC TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 19606 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Carter, Cocke, Greene, Hawkins + 6 more

BU
Burrell Construction, Inc TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 12944 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Carter, Greene, Johnson, Sullivan + 2 more

C
C & C Services TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 18951 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Carter, Greene, Hawkins, Johnson + 3 more

C
C & L Construction TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 1011 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Carter

CA
Campbell Total Excavation TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 18807 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Carter, Cocke, Grainger, Greene + 5 more

CA
Cantrell Excavating LLC TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 18821 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Anderson, Blount, Bradley, Campbell + 30 more

CA
Captain Septic TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 19388  +  Septic Tank Pumping Contractor · 168 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System InstallationSeptic Tank Pumping

Serving Carter, Hawkins, Johnson, Sullivan + 2 more

CA
Carson Lewis TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 19247 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Anderson, Bedford, Benton, Bledsoe + 90 more

CE
Cecil Wayne king TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 1445 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Carter, Greene, Hawkins, Jackson + 2 more

CH
Chambers Logging and excavating TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 17880 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Carter, Sullivan, Unicoi

CH
Charles Timothy White TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 18931 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Blount, Campbell, Carter, Claiborne + 11 more

CH
CHB Site Solutions TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 19697 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Carter, Greene, Hamblen, Hawkins + 4 more

CH
Chris Laws TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 13863 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Carter, Johnson, Sullivan, Unicoi + 1 more

CL
Climate Craft TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 19097 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Blount, Carter, Cocke, Greene + 7 more

CO
Cold springs construction TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 19068 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Carter, Greene, Hamilton, Hawkins + 3 more

CO
Collins Excavating TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 13446 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Anderson, Bedford, Benton, Bledsoe + 60 more

CO
Cornerstone Ground Solutions TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 19400 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Anderson, Bedford, Benton, Bledsoe + 91 more

CR
Craig Reaves TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 14386 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Blount, Campbell, Carter, Cocke + 21 more

D
D & S Construction TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 12238 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Carter, Johnson

D
D K ROBERTS EXCAVATING TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 10335 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Carter, Greene, Hancock, Hawkins + 4 more

D.
D.T. Hall Excavating and Trucking TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 1422 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Carter, Greene, Hawkins, Sullivan + 2 more

DA
Daniel Hurley TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 19328 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Blount, Carter, Claiborne, Cocke + 15 more

DA
David donihue TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 19566 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Blount, Carter, Claiborne, Cocke + 9 more

DA
david mcqueen TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 18766 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Carter, Johnson, Sullivan, Washington

DB
DBA Mueller Master Builders TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 13281 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Blount, Carter, Cocke, Greene + 9 more

DI
Digging it Deeper TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 19268 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Anderson, Blount, Campbell, Carter + 14 more

DI
Dirt Cheap Excavation TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 10500 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Blount, Carter, Cocke, Grainger + 8 more

DI
Dirt Dobbers Grading TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 14246 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Carter, Johnson, Sullivan, Unicoi + 1 more

DI
Dirt Dunn Right TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 19267 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Carter, Greene, Hancock, Hawkins + 4 more

DL
DL Construction TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 11726 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Carter, Sullivan, Washington

DO
Doeville Hauling and Excavating TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 14370 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Carter, Johnson

DO
Doss Construction TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 13512 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Carter, Greene, Hawkins, Johnson + 3 more

DO
Double C Ventures, LLC TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 19634 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Carter, Greene, Hawkins, Johnson + 3 more

DO
Doug Slagle Construction TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 1006 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Carter

DU
Dustin Hughes TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 19542 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Blount, Carter, Greene, Hamblen + 8 more

DY
Dylan Walls TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 14919 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Anderson, Bedford, Benton, Bledsoe + 91 more

EA
Earthwork Construction LLC TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 11108 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Carter, Johnson, Sullivan, Unicoi + 1 more

EA
Earthworks Elite LLC TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 18957 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Anderson, Blount, Carter, Cocke + 4 more

EA
East Tennessee Septic Inc. TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 19286 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Anderson, Blount, Carter, Claiborne + 16 more

EG
Eggers & Sons Excavting TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 12945 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Carter, Cocke, Greene, Hamblen + 5 more

ER
Eric Berkheimer TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 19214 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Carter

EV
Evolution Maintenance Inc TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 13456 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Anderson, Bedford, Benton, Bledsoe + 91 more

FR
Freeman Site Works LLC TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 18827 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Anderson, Blount, Campbell, Carter + 17 more

G
G & K Grading and landscaping LLC TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 10984 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Carter, Cocke, Greene, Hawkins + 3 more

GA
Gabriel Bible TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 19346 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Carter, Claiborne, Cocke, Grainger + 7 more

GC
GCS, Inc. TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 11240 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Carter, Greene, Hawkins, Johnson + 3 more

GE
Genesis landworks llc TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 19101 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Carter, Sullivan, Washington

GR
Grady Harr TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 181150 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Carter, Hawkins, Johnson, Sullivan + 2 more

GU
Guinn construction TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 1151 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Carter, Greene, Johnson, Sullivan + 2 more

GU
Gunn Homes TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 12544 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Anderson, Bedford, Benton, Bledsoe + 91 more

GU
guy cox TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 1457 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Carter, Hawkins, Sullivan, Unicoi + 1 more

H.
H.S. martin Construction TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 2242 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Carter, Cocke, Greene, Hawkins + 4 more

HE
Henrys Hardscape and Excavation TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 19549 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Anderson, Bedford, Benton, Bledsoe + 91 more

HE
Henrys Hardscape and Excavation TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 19548  +  SSDS Installer · 19550 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Anderson, Bedford, Benton, Bledsoe + 91 more

HE
Hensley Excavating & Construction TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 12414 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Carter, Greene, Hawkins, Johnson + 3 more

HE
HEP Inc. TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 12569 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Anderson, Bledsoe, Blount, Bradley + 31 more

HI
Hicks Construction & Excavation LLC TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 11628 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Carter, Hawkins, Sullivan, Unicoi + 1 more

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Permits

Who issues them here.

Permit fees, forms & process

Any new system or major repair in Carter 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 Carter 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 Tennessee”.

Zoning & land use

No county office in Carter County issues septic permits — TDEC's Division of Water Resources does. Its septic-assistance map assigns Carter County to the Johnson City Environmental Field Office, and that is where the construction-permit application and fee go. Carter County is not one of the nine counties TDEC contracts to run their own septic programme, so Rule 0400-48-01 is the standard the site is judged against.

Source: Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation, Division of Water Resources — Septic System Assistance county map and Environmental Field Office contacts (rev. 06/26/2026) ↗ · retrieved Aug 30, 2026

Also: Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation, Division of Water Resources Contacts for Subsurface Sewage Disposal Systems — septic system assistance, naming the nine contract counties ↗ · retrieved Aug 30, 2026

Environmental protections

Nothing in Carter County changes this. Tennessee’s separation distances are statewide: a disposal field sits at least 50 feet from a water supply and 25 feet from sinkholes, streams, gullies and cut banks, and the state may increase those distances where soils warrant (Rule 0400-48-01-.11). The water table must be at least four feet below the bottom of the disposal field unless soil conditions protect groundwater some other way (Rule 0400-48-01-.04(2)).

How Tennessee permitting works

Checked against Tennessee Secretary of State, Official Compilation of Rules and Regulations, Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 0400-40-03 — General Water Quality Criteria, rule .06 Antidegradation Statement, carrying the Exceptional Tennessee Waters categories and the Outstanding National Resource Waters table (effective March 17, 2024) ↗ · retrieved Aug 30, 2026

Also: Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation, Division of Water Resources, 2026 Final 303(d) List of Impaired and Threatened Waters (EPA-approved final list) ↗ · retrieved Aug 30, 2026

Geology & soil

Slope is the governing constraint in Carter County, on 66.5% of the soils Tennessee's own NRCS septic interpretation rates, with bedrock close to the surface next at 44.6%. That interpretation puts 80.7% of rated ground in the very limited class for a conventional disposal field. A very limited rating is not a bar on building; it means the site needs a design fitted to that constraint rather than a standard trench field.

Source: USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, Soil Survey Geographic Database (SSURGO), queried via Soil Data Access — interpretation ENG - Conventional On-Site Septic Systems (TN) (Tennessee survey areas saved 27 August to 2 September 2025) ↗ · retrieved Aug 30, 2026

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