Septic companies in Ipswich, MA
Two septic companies on record in Ipswich, Essex County. About 96% of mapped ground here is rated Very limited for septic drain fields, with depth to saturated zone the limiting feature.
What the ground in Ipswich is like
The USDA soil survey rates mapped ground in Ipswich for septic drain-field suitability across roughly 1.6 square miles. About 96% of the rated ground is classed "Very limited", the survey records severe restrictions for a conventional drain field across most of that ground.
In Ipswich, the leading limit is depth to the saturated zone: the water table sits so close to the surface that a drain field has little dry soil left underneath it. Effluent needs unsaturated ground to treat and disperse; when that column is thin, the field has nowhere safe to go. The survey flags that limit on about 71% of the rated ground here.
The limiting features the survey records most often here:
This is survey data for mapped areas, not a substitute for a site evaluation on your own lot. Conditions on a single parcel can differ from the map.
USDA NRCS SSURGO, ENG Septic Tank Absorption Fields · 96.4% Very limited · Depth to saturated zone · 54 map units · 1.64 sq mi · read 2026-08-30
The two companies
- 25Clear Water IndustriesLicense unverified(978) 356-0779
- 5D.F. Clark, Inc.License unverified(978) 356-5638