Rural Home With No Septic or Sewage System

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I have been looking at a house that is for sale in rural Mississippi. It does and not have a septic tank. It only has a main drain that's running 'somewhere'. The house is on 1/4 acre which I assume would require it to have a wastewater treatment plant. The elderly owner had lived there for quite some time but she recently died.

Does anyone know if a septic tank can be installed in this situation? What would be the estimated costs? I do have some idea what a wastewater treatment system would cost for this 2/1 1,100 sq/ft. house.

[Clint Bolton]

Hi Cornelius,

You should probably start first by contacting the State Health Dept. and see what they say will be required. They have to sign off on all waste water system installs. And this one may be more expensive since it only has 1/4 acre of property. I my area they usually require at least 1-1.5 acre lot for private sewer systems. They'll have to allow something since the house was existing before those requirements but it may cost you more than the norm, which in our area ranges from $3000-$5000 depending on the type of system. Hope this helps some!