Services
Septic & Wastewater Design Services on Vancouver Island
Pacific Rim Wastewater Solutions takes a septic system from site assessment to a certified, working system: residential design, installation arranged and overseen, inspection, maintenance and repair of existing systems, commercial medium-flow design, subdivision assessment, covenant removal, waste discharge permit compliance, and owner-build oversight. Jordan Huscroft, P.Geo., does the assessment, design, Island Health filing, oversight and certification personally; installation and service work are arranged with registered local firms.
What service do you need?
Every service below starts the same way — with field work on your property. Soil, water table, setbacks, and lot geometry decide the design; nothing here is chosen from a catalogue.
Residential Septic System Design
Residential septic design for Vancouver Island homes by a P.Geo. — site assessment, SPM V3 design, Island Health filing and certification, often within a week.
For homeowners building, renovating, replacing a failing system, or applying for a building permit anywhere from Nanaimo to Bamfield.
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Septic System Installation
Septic system installation on Vancouver Island arranged through one office: P.Geo. design, registered installers, staged inspections and certification.
For owners building or replacing a system who want design and installation handled through one point of contact, anywhere from Nanaimo to Bamfield.
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Existing Systems: Inspection, Maintenance and Repair
Septic inspection, maintenance and repair on Vancouver Island, arranged for owners and buyers, with a P.Geo. to read the results and design any fix.
For buyers of a house with an existing system, owners with a problem, and owners due for routine maintenance, anywhere from Nanaimo to Bamfield.
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Proposed Subdivision Assessment
Septic feasibility assessments for subdividing rural Vancouver Island land — soil testing, primary and reserve dispersal areas, Island Health and MOTI approval.
For property owners, developers, and Realtors pursuing lot subdivision anywhere on Central Vancouver Island.
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Commercial Sewerage System Design
Medium-flow commercial septic design (up to 22,700 L/day) for Vancouver Island campgrounds, resorts, RV parks and marinas — P.Geo.-sealed, Island Health filed.
For campgrounds, resorts, fishing lodges, RV parks, marinas, restaurants, offices, and light industrial facilities across Central Vancouver Island.
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Septic Covenant Removal
Island Health septic covenant removal on Vancouver Island in 5–10 weeks. P.Geo.-sealed Covenant Assessment Letters, a 4-phase process, free desktop review.
For owners of rural property with a Section 219 septic covenant on title — and for Realtors whose deals depend on getting one removed.
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Wastewater Discharge Permit Compliance
Waste discharge permit compliance on Vancouver Island: effluent and marine sampling, flow monitoring, ROV marine outfall inspections, annual reporting support.
For owners and operators of permitted discharge systems — including facilities with marine outfalls — across Central Vancouver Island.
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Homeowner Installation Oversight
Install your own Type 1 septic system on Vancouver Island: P.Geo. design, step-by-step manual, on-site inspections, Island Health filing and certification.
For owner-builders and hands-on rural property owners installing their own Type 1 system anywhere on Central Vancouver Island.
Learn more about Owner-Build Oversight →What does the work look like?
Photographs from real Vancouver Island projects, from first test pit to finished cover. Full write-ups are on the projects page.
Which service do I need?
Pick the sentence that sounds like your situation.
You need
Existing Systems: Inspection, Maintenance and Repair
A pre-purchase septic check. Send the address or PID: for vacant land I review the records and can assess the lot on site; for a house with a system I arrange the inspection and explain what the results mean for your purchase.
You need
Septic System Installation
Septic system installation through one office: I design the system, arrange installation with a registered installer, oversee the work at each critical stage, and certify it.
You need
Existing Systems: Inspection, Maintenance and Repair
Existing systems: I arrange the inspection, pump-out or service visit with a local company, read the results, and design and certify any repair that needs a professional.
You need
Residential Septic System Design
Residential septic system design — site assessment, SPM V3 design, Record of Sewerage System filed with Island Health, and post-installation certification.
You need
Residential Septic System Design
Residential design again, starting with an assessment of what actually failed. A replacement design has to work with the ground and setbacks you have now, not the rules that applied when the old system went in.
You need
Commercial Sewerage System Design
Commercial (medium-flow) design for daily design flows up to the 22,700 litre per day limit of the Sewerage System Regulation, with the hydraulic calculations and P.Geo. seal that higher flows require.
You need
Proposed Subdivision Assessment
Proposed subdivision assessment — feasibility testing on each proposed parcel, early enough that a problem can still be designed around.
You need
Septic Covenant Removal
Septic covenant removal, typically five to ten weeks end to end. Start with the free desktop review before you spend anything.
You need
Wastewater Discharge Permit Compliance
Waste discharge permit compliance — effluent and marine sampling, flow monitoring support, ROV marine outfall inspections, and annual reporting.
You need
Homeowner Installation Oversight
Homeowner installation oversight — full design, a step-by-step installation manual, mandatory inspections at each critical stage, filing, and certification.
Still unsure? Call (250) 735-5154 and describe the property. If it is not something we do, you will be told that in the first conversation rather than the third.
Where do you work?
Based in Port Alberni and serving the Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District and Central Vancouver Island. Each area page covers the local ground conditions and the services that matter most there.
What does it cost?
Design fees and installation costs are two separate numbers, and conflating them is how homeowners end up shocked. The pricing page explains typical ranges for each, what moves the number, and why no honest designer quotes a fixed price before seeing the site.
Talk to the person who will do the work
Pacific Rim Wastewater Solutions is a sole practitioner firm. The person who assesses your site is the person who designs it, files it, and certifies it.