Septic companies in Portsmouth, VA
3 septic companies on record in Portsmouth, Portsmouth County. About 100% of mapped ground here is rated Very limited for septic drain fields, with depth to saturated zone the limiting feature.
Septic Permits in Portsmouth County
What the ground in Portsmouth is like
The USDA soil survey rates mapped ground in Portsmouth for septic drain-field suitability across roughly 33 square miles. About 100% 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 Portsmouth, 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 100% 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 · 100% Very limited · Depth to saturated zone · 38 map units · 33.3 sq mi · read 2026-08-30
Companies in Portsmouth
- 25Virginia Pump and Motor Co. Inc.Register not checked(757) 679-1990
- 10VA Septic SolutionsRegister not checked(757) 301-9012
- 10Asonja Environmental SolutionsRegister not checked(757) 964-0578