Services
Septic & Wastewater Design Services on Vancouver Island
Pacific Rim Wastewater Solutions offers six services: residential septic design, commercial medium-flow design, proposed subdivision assessment, septic covenant removal, waste discharge permit compliance, and homeowner installation oversight. All are delivered personally by Jordan Huscroft, P.Geo., designed to SPM V3 and the BC Sewerage System Regulation, and filed with Island Health.
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
Professional septic system design for Vancouver Island homes by a registered P.Geo. — site assessment, SPM V3-compliant design, Island Health filing, and certification, typically turned around within a week.
For homeowners building, renovating, replacing a failing system, or applying for a building permit anywhere from Nanaimo to Bamfield.
Learn more about Residential Design →Proposed Subdivision Assessment
Septic feasibility assessments for subdividing rural Vancouver Island property — soil testing, primary and reserve dispersal areas, Island Health review support, and a clear path to MOTI approval.
For property owners, developers, and Realtors pursuing lot subdivision anywhere on Central Vancouver Island.
Learn more about Subdivision Assessment →Commercial Sewerage System Design
Medium-flow commercial septic design (9,700–22,100 L/day) for Vancouver Island campgrounds, resorts, lodges, RV parks, marinas, and restaurants — P.Geo.-sealed, SPM V3-compliant, filed with Island Health.
For campgrounds, resorts, fishing lodges, RV parks, marinas, restaurants, offices, and light industrial facilities across Central Vancouver Island.
Learn more about Commercial Design →Septic Covenant Removal
Fast, reliable removal of Island Health septic covenants on Vancouver Island. P.Geo.-sealed Covenant Assessment Letters, a proven 4-phase process, and a 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.
Learn more about Covenant Removal →Wastewater Discharge Permit Compliance
Waste discharge permit compliance for Vancouver Island system owners: effluent and marine water sampling, flow monitoring, ROV marine outfall inspections, and annual reporting support.
For owners and operators of permitted discharge systems — including facilities with marine outfalls — across Central Vancouver Island.
Learn more about Permit Compliance →Homeowner Installation Oversight
Install your own Type 1 septic system on Vancouver Island with full P.Geo. design, step-by-step manual, mandatory on-site inspections, Island Health filing, and final 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?
Find the sentence that sounds like your situation.
- “I'm building a home, cabin, or shop and need a septic system for my building permit.”
- Residential septic system design — site assessment, SPM V3 design, Record of Sewerage System filed with Island Health, and post-installation certification. See the service.
- “My existing system is failing, surfacing, or backing up.”
- 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. See the service.
- “I run a campground, resort, lodge, RV park, marina, or restaurant.”
- Commercial (medium-flow) design covering daily design flows of 9,700 to 22,100 litres, with the hydraulic calculations and P.Geo. seal that higher flows require. See the service.
- “I want to subdivide land and need to prove each lot can be serviced.”
- Proposed subdivision assessment — feasibility testing on each proposed parcel, early enough that a problem can still be designed around. See the service.
- “There's an old Island Health covenant on my title stopping me from building.”
- Septic covenant removal, typically five to ten weeks end to end. Start with the free desktop review before you spend anything. See the service.
- “I hold a waste discharge permit and need sampling, monitoring, or annual reporting.”
- Waste discharge permit compliance — effluent and marine sampling, flow monitoring support, ROV marine outfall inspections, and annual reporting. See the service.
- “I want to install my own Type 1 system and do the labour myself.”
- Homeowner installation oversight — full design, a step-by-step installation manual, mandatory inspections at each critical stage, filing, and certification. See the service.
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.