J L Darling Sewerage Service

Septic in Uxbridge runs through Title 5 (310 CMR 15.00). The Uxbridge Board of Health issues the disposal works permit, and a registered sanitarian or professional engineer stamps the design after a witnessed perc and soil test. Along the Blackstone and Mumford Rivers and the valley wetlands, Conservation Commission review under the Wetlands Protection Act is common, and high groundwater can force a raised design. On upland lots toward Douglas and Mendon, ledge may require a mounded system. A Title 5 inspection is required before most property transfers on the unsewered side of town.

Septic costs in Uxbridge follow the central-MA and Blackstone Valley norm, below Boston-metro and Cape rates. A conventional system replacement typically runs roughly $20,000–$35,000, climbing when river-corridor groundwater or upland ledge forces a raised or mounded design with imported fill and a pump. A Title 5 inspection runs a few hundred dollars up to about $1,000, and tank pumping a few hundred. Groundwater in the valley and ledge on the uplands are the main local cost drivers.

Massachusetts requires a written contract and a Home Improvement Contractor registration for most residential septic installation & service work; ask for the registration number and check it before paying a deposit.

More on permits, costs, rebates and common questions, plus every other septic installation & service contractor serving the town, on the Septic Services in Uxbridge page.