- Professional Geoscientist (P.Geo.)
- EGBC-registered
- WCOWMA member
- Port Alberni, BC
Septic system design for Vancouver Island, sealed and filed by the person who walks your site
Pacific Rim Wastewater Solutions Ltd. is a design-only onsite sewerage practice in Port Alberni. Jordan Huscroft, P.Geo., does the site assessment, the sealed design and the Island Health filing himself — residential, subdivision, covenant and commercial work from the Alberni Valley to Tofino, Bamfield and Nanaimo.
Or call (250) 735-5154 — Jordan answers.
Which service do I need?
Most enquiries fit one of three situations. Pick the closest and the page explains what happens, what it costs and how long it takes.
Building or replacing
A septic design for a home, cabin or shop
Site assessment, sealed design and the Island Health filing your building permit depends on — for new builds and for systems that are failing.
Residential design →Subdividing or a covenant on title
Prove the land can be serviced
Feasibility assessments for subdivision, and removal of the old Island Health septic covenants that stop a suite, shop or second dwelling.
Covenant removal & subdivision →Commercial, resort or permit
Medium-flow systems and discharge permits
Campgrounds, lodges, marinas and restaurants up to 22,100 L/day, plus effluent sampling, ROV outfall inspections and annual reporting for permit holders.
Commercial & compliance →All services: Residential Design · Subdivision Assessment · Commercial Design · Covenant Removal · Permit Compliance · Owner-Build Oversight · Which service do I need? guide
How a design runs
The same four steps on every residential project, with one person accountable for all of them.
- 1
Desktop review
Before anyone walks the property: title, covenants, iMapBC, the BC Well Atlas and aerial imagery, so constraints are known before the site visit, not during it.
- 2
Site assessment
Two to three hand-dug test pits, percolation testing, setbacks measured from wells, watercourses and property lines, and drone imagery for a 3D site model.
- 3
Sealed design and Island Health filing
You review a draft first. The Record of Sewerage System is typically filed one to two weeks after the site visit; Island Health usually issues it the same day for simple systems.
- 4
Installation oversight and certification
Inspections at the milestones that matter, commissioning, an as-built plan, and the Letter of Certification your occupancy permit needs.
Recent work
Real Vancouver Island systems, designed and commissioned by a P.Geo. Locations are generalised and client details withheld — the constraints and the engineering are not.
Sproat Lake area, rural Alberni Valley
Sand lined bed replacement on a steep half-acre lakeside lot
A failing system, a lot too small for a standard bed, and a lake below. Solved with mounding analysis rather than a bigger footprint.
Sproat Lake area, rural Alberni Valley
Type 2 amended-sand bed with a setback departure to a drinking-water lake
A steep, limited-access lot and a setback departure to a lake used for drinking water. A performance-based design and an amended media stack made the site work.
A remote boat-access resort near Bamfield, on the outer west coast
Commercial system for a remote boat-access resort
No road in, cabins spread across the site, and a design that had to adapt as supply and access realities changed. The most involved job on the board.
Who you deal with
Jordan Huscroft, P.Geo.
Professional Geoscientist registered with Engineers and Geoscientists BC, with an M.Sc. in Bioresource Engineering from McGill, EQUIP septic design training and a decade in environmental consulting before founding the practice. Groundwater and how water moves through ground is the science an onsite system depends on — it is also the discipline a P.Geo. practises.
- No juniors, no hand-offs — the person who walks the site seals the design
- Design only: no installation crew competing for the schedule
- Departures from the Standard Practice Manual justified on evidence, sealed
- Local ground: Alberni Valley, west coast bedrock, Quadra sands, Nanaimo till
What clients say
Reviews from property owners, builders and developers on Vancouver Island, quoted verbatim from Google.
5.0 on Google· 8 five-star reviewsRead them on Google →
“My wife and I recently had the opportunity to work with Jordan Huscroft at Pacific Rim Wastewater Solutions to help us move a covenant on our property. To say Jordan is a true professional with meticulous attention to detail is an understatement. He helped us navigate three levels of government and provided all of the required paperwork and design details that ultimately led to the approval to move the covenant. Jordan took the lead throughout this process and contacted the required personnel at all levels to ensure the design we submitted would meet the required environmental, provincial and municipal regulations. I highly recommend Jordan Huscroft and Pacific Rim Wastewater.”
“We had an excellent experience working with Jordan at Pacific Rim Wastewater Solutions. He promptly responded to our request to meet with him. He had the onsite work done within days and quickly provided us with a detailed Site Assessment Report regarding the suitability for an onsite wastewater system. The fee for his service is very reasonable. We will definitely call Jordan for any future wastewater solutions.”
“Jordan @ Pacific Rim Wastewater Solutions was professional, communicative and showed excellent attentions to detail. Even upon project completion, he was thorough with instructions and closure. Would highly recommend!”
5 more on Google.
Five questions, answered first
Do I need a P.Geo. or a ROWP?
A ROWP designs within the prescriptive Standard Practice Manual for flows under 9,100 L/day. A P.Geo. or P.Eng. can depart from it on evidence — shallow soil over bedrock, high water tables, reduced setbacks — and design up to 22,700 L/day. Difficult sites and commercial flows need the professional.
ROWP vs P.Geo. in full →How long does a septic design take?
The design package and Island Health filing typically take one to two weeks after the site visit. Covenant removals run 5–10 weeks end to end, including Land Title registration.
Timelines →What does a septic design cost on Vancouver Island?
A residential design from PRWS is $2,500 to $4,500 CAD, covering research through to the Letter of Certification. Installation is a separate cost from your installer, commonly $20,000 to $55,000 depending on system type.
Full pricing →Do you install systems?
No — design is the whole practice. That is deliberate: no installation crew to schedule around, an honest date rather than an optimistic one, and installers you choose. PRWS oversees and certifies the installation.
Owner-build oversight →Which areas do you cover?
Port Alberni and the Alberni Valley, Bamfield and Barkley Sound, Tofino and Ucluelet, Parksville and Qualicum Beach, and Nanaimo's rural parcels. Remote BC coast projects by arrangement.
Service areas →Tell me about the property
A civic address or PID is enough to start. Covenant desktop reviews are free; every message is read and answered by Jordan.
Serving Port Alberni · Tofino & Ucluelet · Bamfield · Parksville & Qualicum · Nanaimo