Sanitary Sewer Lines
The Public Works Department also handles the main sewer lines in the City limits. Most sewer back-up problems are usually located in the residential line, but on occasion the main lines will stop up. If you experience any sewer problems, please click HERE to enter your service request or call the Public Works office at 967-9531 during normal working hours. After hours call the Simpsonville Police Department and the problem will be dispatched to our emergency personnel.
The City only maintains the sewer mains. The property owner owns and maintains the service line from their house to the sewer main. If it is determined you have a blockage in your service, please contact a licensed plumber.
NOTICE: We will be clearing off-road sanitary sewer easements this year. If you have a line crossing your property, please take note. Sewer easements run the length of the line and are 25' wide being centered on the sewer line. No permanent structures are to be located in this easement. Clearing is necessary so that City work crews can access the sewer line for routine maintenance and emergency service.
If you need your tap located, the cost for the City to locate it will be $100. Click this LINK to obtain a form. Mail form along with check or bring them to the Public Works Office at 110 Woodside Park Drive, Simpsonville, SC 29681.
Septic tanks are permissible if the property cannot be connected to a City sewer main. All septic tank installations must be permitted and inspected by the Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC).
The City routinely cleans its sewer mains. In the event we are cleaning near your home, you may experience a surge of water from your toilet.
If you experience a sewer odor, you may not have an overflow or leak. It may be a dry trap. Run water in each sink and tub.
How can you help us reduce sewer backups and overflows?
- Do not flush paper towels down your toilet.
- KEEP OUR SEWERS FAT-FREE
- Sewer overflows and backups can cause health hazards, damage home interiors, and threaten the environment. An increasingly common cause of overflows is sewer pipes blocked by grease. Grease gets into the sewer from household drains as well as from poorly maintained grease traps.
- Too often, grease is washed into the sewer through the kitchen sink. Grease sticks to the insides of sewer pipes. Over time, the grease can build up and block the entire pipe.
- Never pour grease down sink drains or into toilets.
- Scrape grease and food scraps from trays, plates, pots, pans, etc. into can for disposal.
- Use basket/strainers in sinks to catch food scraps and empty them into trash for disposal.
If it becomes necessary to relocate an existing sanitary sewer line you must obtain a Drainage/Utility Easement Abandonment Application. Click the LINK to obtain the form. Complete the form and return it to City Hall, 118 N.E. Main Street, Simpsonville, SC 29681.
The City has a maintains a 25' easement along all of its sanitary sewer lines (12.5' and each side of the center of the line). No permanent structures including buildings, swimming pools, walkways, drives, etc. can be constructed within this easement. If it becomes necessary to encroach within this easement for any reason, obtain a Sewer Line Easement Encroachment Agreement, complete the agreement and return it to City Hall, 118 N.E. Main Street, Simpsonville, SC 29681. Click this LINK to obtain the form.
Sewer Map