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SEPTIC APPLICATIONS, FEES & RESOURCES (ACCESSORY USES, PUMPERS AND INSTALLERS)
Beginning July 1, 2025, Idaho law requires CDH to verify the lawful presence of those applying for public benefits through our agency.
The Environmental Health programs impacted by this change are:
- Licenses and permits for food establishments
- Licenses and permits for septic onsite, pumper and installer services
You can review the policy here and then verify your lawful presence online or in person.
Online Forms: English | Spanish
*Visit one of our CDH offices to confirm in person.
Submitting Application for Services
Septic, Accessory Uses, Installer, and Pumper Applications
Please make sure that your applications are filled out completely and all supporting documents are submitted together. Applications may be mailed with a check, dropped off in-person (front desk) or via email.
If sending by email follow these steps:
- Send your completed forms to EHApps@cdh.idaho.gov in PDF format only – other formats will not be accepted.
- Applications must be completely filled out or they will not be accepted.
- Once your electronic applications are received and processed, a CDH employee will contact you for payment. You can pay for emailed applications using a credit or debit card.
- Please check your spam or junk folder if you are expecting communication from us.
If submitting in-person or through the mail, use one of offices in your area:
- Ada & Boise Counties: 707 N. Armstrong Place Boise, ID 83704
- Valley County: 703 1st St. McCall, ID 83638
- Elmore County: 520 E. 8th Street N. Mountain Home, ID 83647
Septic Systems and Sewer Systems Applications:
- Application for Accessory Use – Jul 2025
- Application & Instructions for Speculative Site Evaluation – Oct 2025
- Application & Instructions for On-Site Sewage Permit – Ada & Boise Counties – Oct 2025
- Application & Instructions for On-Site Sewage Permit – Elmore County – Oct 2025
- Application & Instructions for On-Site Sewage Permit – Valley County – Oct 2025
- Application for Septic Pumper – Jun 2025
- Installers Permit Application – Jun 2025
- Installer Bond Form – Jul 2025
- Septic Installer Education and Exam Information – Jun 2025
- DEQ – Septic Installer Exam
Continuing Education for Basic and Complex Septic Installers:
Septic Systems and Sewer Systems Guidance:
- Homeowner’s Guide to Septic Systems – Oct 2023
- Standard Distances for a Septic Tank or Standard Drainfield Apr 2025
- List of permitted septic tank pumpers
- List of permitted septic system installers
- List of Idaho certified service providers
- Approved Materials and Gravel Pits – Jul 2025
- Groundwater Monitoring Log – Jun 2025
- Final/As-Built Subsurface Sewage Form – Nov 2023
- Onsite Sewage Disposal Rules – Oct 2023
- Aerobic Treatment & Drainfields Brochure – Nov 2023
- Septic Systems & Drainfields Brochure – Nov 2023
- Petition for Variance to Regulations for Individual & Sewage Disposal Systems – Oct 2023
- DEQ – Septic and Septage Guidance
- DEQ – Technical Guidance Manual
- EPA – Septic Smart
- RCAC – Household Septic System Program
Sewage Program Fees: – Jul 2025
- Permit – New – $878
- Permit – New – No test hole/Site Visit – $439
- Permit – Expansion (no test hole) – $439
- Permit – Expansion (no test hole) – $439
- Permit – Repair (no test hole) – $439
- Permit – Repair (with test hole) – $878
- Permit – Central/LSAS – New or Repair – $1505
- Permit – Transfer – $94
- Accessory Use Review – $94
- Accessory Use Review – Field Visit – $438
- Permit – Tank Only – $439
- Permit – Vault Privy – $439
- Speculative site evaluation – $439
- Permit – additional test holes – $439
CONTACT
Can’t find the information you need? Please complete the form or give us a call.
Environmental Health
208-327-7499
Ada & Boise Counties 208-327-7499
Elmore County 208-587-6001
Valley County 208-630-8002