Citations
Sources
Every guidance page on this site is built from public agency documents. Fees, staff names, and license lists go out of date. If a PDF and a webpage disagree, believe the agency on the phone that day.
Idaho Department of Environmental Quality
- Septic and septage program page — reviewed 17 September 2026. Pumping every 3–5 years; health-district administration; ETPS O&M and 31 July reporting; NP evaluations; installer exam and bond amounts.
- IDAPA 58.01.03 — Individual/Subsurface Sewage Disposal Rules and Rules for Cleaning of Septic Tanks (current posting reviewed 17 September 2026). Tank sizing, setbacks, soil groups, effective soil depths, abandonment, pumper permits.
- Technical Guidance Committee / TGM updates — TGM last noted as updated December 2025 on DEQ’s committee page.
- Idaho Septic Pumpers Technical Guidance Manual, August 2025 (DEQ document download 23934) — 40% sludge rule, baffle inspection, 3–5 year inspection under regular use, ETPS pumping caution.
- Idaho Permitted Septic Tank Pumper List, 2023 compilation also posted by Central District Health (updated 1 October 2023 in that PDF) — District 6 pumper names used in the directory snapshot.
Southeastern Idaho Public Health
- Septic permits — application contents, test holes, fee table. Reviewed 17 September 2026. Note the $850 vs $925 discrepancy discussed on the permits page.
- 2025 full septic application packet — $850 full permit / $300 speculative evaluation in that PDF; Bingham EHS contact; plot-plan checklist distances.
- Pumping your septic tank — 3–5 years, measurement triggers, records from 1973, do not enter tanks, do not add chemicals, leave seed sludge.
- Septic records request form — email recordsrequest@siph.idaho.gov; copy and labor fees; three working days under I.C. §9-339.
- Septic pumpers — annual renewal, $71 per truck/tank on that page, disposal authorization.
- 2024 approved septic installer list — updated 11 April 2024. Bingham County rows used in the directory.
- County offices — Blackfoot office 145 W Idaho Street, (208) 785-2160.
U.S. EPA
- How to care for your septic system — inspect every three years; pump 3–5 years; measurement triggers; garbage disposals; alternative-system annual inspections. Page noted as updated 17 August 2026 in search results the day we reviewed it.
- Resolving septic system malfunctions — failure-sign list.
- SepticSmart Week — 14–18 September 2026.
Other public sources
- USGS Water-Resources Investigations Report 87-4150, Hydrogeology and water quality of areas with persistent ground-water contamination near Blackfoot, Bingham County, Idaho.
- Shoshone-Bannock Tribes, Water Resources Department (septic permitting authority) and Tribal Utilities.
- City of Blackfoot public-works and fee documents for sewer connection context; homeowners must confirm current figures with the city.