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Tennessee › Shelby County
County directory

Shelby County septic services.

92 permit-verified providers serve Shelby County in the West Tennessee region. Every listing is checked against TDEC subsurface sewage disposal permit records.

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

Shelby County, at a glance
Permit-verified providers listed92
RegionWest Tennessee
Providers

Verified first, always labeled.

“A
“A” Tom Huff Company TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 13273 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Bradley, Coffee, Dickson, Franklin + 10 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

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

AB
ABES Contracting, LLC TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 19274 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Fayette, Hardeman, Haywood, Lauderdale + 3 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

AJ
AJ Septic Service TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 11401 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Fayette, Hardeman, Haywood, Shelby + 1 more

AL
All About Septic TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 13320 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Dyer, Fayette, Hardeman, Hardin + 6 more

AL
All-Brite, Inc. TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
Septic Tank Pumping Contractor · 840 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic Tank Pumping

Serving Benton, Carroll, Chester, Crockett + 17 more

AL
Allen Plumbing and Septic TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 13157 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Benton, Chester, Davidson, Fayette + 10 more

AN
Anthony Brown TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 19458 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Dyer, Fayette, Hardeman, Hawkins + 3 more

B&
B&M Dirtworks TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 12723 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Benton, Carroll, Chester, Crockett + 27 more

B&
B&R Farms TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 13842 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Dyer, Lauderdale, Shelby, Tipton

BI
Bish Thomas TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 18305 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Fayette, Haywood, Shelby, Tipton

C
C and J construction TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 14045 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Fayette, Haywood, Lauderdale, Shelby + 1 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

CH
Choates air conditioning and plumbing TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 18248 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Fayette, Jackson, Madison, McNairy + 3 more

CH
Choates Air Conditioning Heating & Plumbing TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 18176 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Fayette, Hardeman, Haywood, Shelby + 1 more

CO
CORE PLUMBING AND CONTRACTING LLC TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 18990 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Montgomery + 4 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 & D Excavating LLC TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 13778 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Campbell, Cheatham, Chester, Coffee + 39 more

D
D Squared Rentals LLC. TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 19412 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Bedford, Blount, Campbell, Claiborne + 25 more

D4
D4 Construction TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 14279 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Cannon, Davidson, Decatur, DeKalb + 9 more

DR
Draingo, LLC TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 993 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Fayette, Hardeman, Haywood, Lauderdale + 2 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

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

FA
Faulkner Excavating TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 11593 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Cannon, Coffee, Fayette, Hardeman + 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’s Septic TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
Septic Tank Pumping Contractor · 1005 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic Tank Pumping

Serving Fayette, Shelby, Tipton

HA
Hardin and Son TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 19333 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Fayette, Hardeman, Hardin, Haywood + 2 more

HA
Hardin and Son II TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 8610 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Chester, Fayette, Hardeman, Hardin + 3 more

HA
Harris dirtworks TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 14213 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur + 12 more

HA
Hazlewood Backhoe Services TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 11384 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Carroll, Cheatham, Dyer, Gibson + 9 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

HU
Humble Builders TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 13156 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Benton, Carroll, Decatur, Dickson + 11 more

HU
Hurt Construction Services TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 18323 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Fayette, Hardeman, Haywood, Shelby + 1 more

J.
J.T General Contractors and Services, LLC TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 18671 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Franklin, Giles, Henderson, Lauderdale + 3 more

JA
James Wilson IV TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 19278 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Anderson, Bedford, Benton, Bledsoe + 91 more

JA
Jason Maples TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 17935 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Franklin + 10 more

JG
JGX Construction, LLC. TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 18846 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Bedford, Cheatham, Coffee, Cumberland + 19 more

JO
John W. Arnett TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 851 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Fayette, Hardeman, Shelby

JO
jolly contracting TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 8830 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Dyer, Fayette, Hardeman, Hardin + 4 more

JO
Jonathan foreman TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 19337 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Fayette, Haywood, Lauderdale, Shelby + 1 more

JO
Jonathon Green TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 19010 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Anderson, Bedford, Benton, Bledsoe + 91 more

JO
Jones Dozer Service TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 18701 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Gibson + 6 more

JO
Jones Paving TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 110 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Anderson, Bedford, Benton, Bledsoe + 91 more

JO
Joshua Watson TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 19332 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Lauderdale, Shelby, Tipton

KI
Kitchens Elite Plumbing TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 13363 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Fayette, Hardeman, Haywood, Lauderdale + 2 more

LA
Land Pro Construction TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 13374 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Anderson, Bedford, Benton, Bledsoe + 91 more

LE
Leath Express LLC TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 14878 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Dyer + 8 more

LE
Lee company TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 14895 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Anderson, Bedford, Benton, Bledsoe + 91 more

LE
Lewis electric and plumbing TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 11614 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Bledsoe, Blount, Bradley, Campbell + 34 more

LY
Lynn Sanford Construction TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 18783 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Anderson, Bedford, Benton, Bledsoe + 91 more

M&
M&M Solutions LLC TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 12975 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Carroll, Chester, Dyer, Fayette + 10 more

MA
Matheny Septic Service TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 10614 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Fayette, Hardeman, Hardin, Haywood + 3 more

MA
Matt Morehead TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 19546 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Anderson, Bedford, Benton, Bledsoe + 89 more

MC
McFall Plumbing Contractors LLC TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 19446 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Chester, Fayette, Hardeman, Hardin + 4 more

MC
Mcmillion construction llc TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 12274 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Benton, Carroll, Crockett, Decatur + 15 more

MI
Mike Shelton TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 19059 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Benton, Carroll, Decatur, Dickson + 14 more

MP
MP Construction Services LLC TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 11147 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Dyer + 15 more

NO
Northwest Contracting Services TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
Septic Tank Pumping Contractor · 736 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic Tank Pumping

Serving Shelby

ON
Onsite Construction TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 12865 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Anderson, Bedford, Benton, Bledsoe + 91 more

PA
Pack construction TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 10557 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Hickman + 8 more

PA
Paynes Plumbing Services TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 13837 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Anderson, Bedford, Benton, Bledsoe + 91 more

PH
phinnessee earthmoving contr., llc TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 8020 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Chester, Decatur, Dyer, Fayette + 9 more

PR
Prodigy Plumbing LLC TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 13365 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Benton, Carroll, Chester, Crockett + 20 more

PR
PROGRESSIVE CONSTRUCTION OF THE MIDSOUTH TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 19282 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Crockett, Dyer, Fayette, Gibson + 8 more

PR
PROGRESSIVE CONSTRUCTION OF THE MIDSOUTH, LLC TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 19281 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur + 12 more

QU
Qualls Excavating LLC TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 10913 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Anderson, Bedford, Benton, Bledsoe + 91 more

RE
Reagan’s Excavating TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 11130 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Anderson, Bedford, Benton, Bledsoe + 91 more

RO
Rochelle Excavating LLC TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 19701 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Anderson, Bedford, Benton, Bledsoe + 90 more

RO
ROE Construction, LLC TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 19616 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Anderson, Bedford, Benton, Bledsoe + 91 more

SA
Safety-Quip TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
Septic Tank Pumping Contractor · 863 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic Tank Pumping

Serving Shelby

SA
Sam Jamison TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 12909 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Anderson, Bedford, Benton, Bledsoe + 90 more

SH
Shamrock Dirt and Forestry TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 18054 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Benton, Carroll, Davidson, Gibson + 7 more

SH
Shawn Patton TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 19384 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Fayette, Haywood, Lauderdale, Shelby + 1 more

SI
Sisto Unlimited LLC TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 14890 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Anderson, Bedford, Benton, Bledsoe + 91 more

SM
SM Utility Contractors LLC TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 11563 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Fayette, Shelby, Tipton

SO
Southern Elite TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 18920 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Anderson, Bedford, Benton, Bledsoe + 91 more

SP
Spartan Development LLC TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 19348 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Bledsoe, Cannon, Cumberland, Davidson + 12 more

SU
Superior maintenance llc TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 11243 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Haywood, Henry, Lauderdale, Perry + 2 more

TH
Thornburg Septic Installation TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 13631 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Crockett, Dyer, Fayette, Gibson + 6 more

TR
TruFlo Services and consulting LLC. TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 12966 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur + 13 more

UN
Ungerecht Excavation TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 18873 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Crockett, Dyer, Lake, Lauderdale + 4 more

UN
Ungerecht Excavation TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 18875 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Crockett, Dyer, Lake, Lauderdale + 4 more

UN
Ungerecht Ungerecht TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 18874 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Crockett, Dyer, Lake, Lauderdale + 4 more

UN
United Rentals (North America), Inc DBA Reliable Onsite Services TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
Septic Tank Pumping Contractor · 384 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic Tank Pumping

Serving Davidson, Hamilton, Knox, Shelby

WA
Watson Building Company TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 18550 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Henderson, Henry, Jackson, Marshall + 7 more

WI
William “Billy” Bennett TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 19573 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Decatur, Dyer, Fayette, Hardeman + 7 more

WI
Wind River Environmental dba Mid South Septic TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
Septic Tank Pumping Contractor · 1014 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic Tank Pumping

Serving Fayette, Shelby, Tipton

WI
winfrey air conditioning heating & plumbing service Co TDEC-permitted · active installer or pumper permit
SSDS Installer · 13615 · Active — checked Aug 30, 2026
Septic RepairSeptic System Installation

Serving Fayette, Shelby

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Permits

Who issues them here.

Permit fees, forms & process

Any new system or major repair in Shelby 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 Shelby 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

Shelby County is one of the nine Tennessee counties TDEC lists as contract counties: they run their own septic system assistance instead of the state field office. Applications go to the Shelby County Health Department's septic tank permitting programme, not to a TDEC Environmental Field Office. Rule 0400-48-01 still sets the design standards statewide — what changes here is the office that reviews the site and issues the permit.

Source: 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

Also: Shelby County, Tennessee, Health Department — Septic Tank Permitting Process ↗ · retrieved Aug 30, 2026

Environmental protections

Nothing in Shelby 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

A seasonal high water table is the governing constraint in Shelby County, on 73.0% of the soils Tennessee's own NRCS septic interpretation rates, with a fragipan that stops water moving down next at 16.5%. That interpretation puts 69.3% of rated ground in the very limited class for a conventional disposal field, and leaves 18% of the county unrated. 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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