What's different about cesspools and septic systems in Smithtown
Lots here are big enough that a replacement system usually has somewhere to go, which is not true everywhere in the county and makes the design work simpler. The systems themselves are mostly postwar tanks and leaching pools rather than bare cesspools, and they fail the ordinary way: the pool seals, the water stops going down, and the first sign is a slow fixture rather than a flood. The Nissequogue is the reason the nitrogen question is asked here at all.
Sewer status
About one built parcel in twenty is inside a sewer district, spread across a long list of small ones — Kings Park, Hauppauge, the Smithtown collection area, Fairfield at St. James and several others — with a few small proposed extensions. Individually they are tiny; collectively they mean the sewer question is genuinely per-address in this town. The county's eligibility map returns Eligible for the large majority of built parcels here.
More on sewer conversion and what it means for you
What we do in Smithtown
Cesspool & septic pumping
Cesspools, leaching pools and septic tanks. Tell us what you have and we quote it.
Drain field & leaching pool repair
Diagnosis before replacement — most pools fail for a reason worth finding.
Inspections
For a sale, a refinance, or a grant application that needs evidence of failure.
I/A replacement & grants
Up to $45,000 in county and state money toward a nitrogen-reducing system.
Nearby
All work is performed by local licensed, permitted Suffolk County-approved installers.