Septic companies in Albuquerque, NM

What the ground in Albuquerque is like

The USDA soil survey rates mapped ground in Albuquerque for septic drain-field suitability across roughly 187 square miles. About 57% of the rated ground is classed "Very limited", meaning the soil has one or more features unfavorable for a conventional drain field, and the limits generally cannot be overcome without major soil reclamation, special design or expensive installation.

In Albuquerque, the leading limit is filtering capacity: the soil does not clean effluent thoroughly enough on its way through. A drain field is a treatment system as well as a disposal path; when the ground cannot filter well, pathogens and nutrients travel farther than the survey allows. The survey flags that limit on about 43% of the rated ground here.

The limiting features the survey records most often here:

• Filtering capacity42.8%
• Slow water movement35.1%
• Flooding26.0%
• Slope12.3%

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 · 56.6% Very limited · Filtering capacity · 45 map units · 187.26 sq mi · read 2026-08-30