How the service connection works
This site connects calls with independent septic contractors. The site does not perform or supervise the work and does not claim the contractor’s license, insurance, truck, schedule, or workmanship. We do not publish a Portland yard address because this website does not operate a customer-facing yard.
A call, voicemail, or form does not create an appointment or contract. The contractor who accepts the inquiry gives you the business name, availability, quote, scope, credentials, insurance information, contract, payment terms, warranties, and dispute process. Review those terms before work starts.
Limits on septic and permit information
The site provides general information current as of July 16, 2026; it is not legal, engineering, environmental, real-estate, or health advice. Rules, forms, fees, utility boundaries, and town procedures can change. Confirm major decisions with a licensed site evaluator, Local Plumbing Inspector, Maine CDC, Maine DEP, or another qualified professional.
Maine CDC supplies the subsurface wastewater rule. Municipal Local Plumbing Inspectors issue permits and check required work. Maine DEP licenses septage trucks. This website cannot approve a design, guarantee a permit, certify a system, or decide whether a property complies.
Primary source: Maine CDC Subsurface Wastewater Disposal Rule.
Calls and acceptable use
Calls may be recorded or transcribed for quality and follow-up, and the voicemail greeting provides notice before recording. Do not use the site to transmit unlawful, threatening, deceptive, infringing, or technically harmful material. Do not attempt to interfere with routing, forms, hosting, or telephone systems.
The website is provided as available without a guarantee that every page is complete, uninterrupted, or suitable for one decision. To the extent permitted by law, the site operator disclaims liability for reliance on general content and for the independent contractor's acts, omissions, pricing, property damage, delays, or disputes.
Source links, updates, and photo credits
Agency and source links let you check the underlying material. External sites control their own content, availability, accessibility, and privacy practices. A link does not mean the agency endorses this website.
We may correct, replace, or remove pages and terms. Call (207) 962-2299 if a source attribution is wrong or a fact has changed. The tables below identify every openly licensed photograph; first-party SVG diagrams are listed separately.
Market photograph credits
The table is synchronized with public/img/IMAGE-CREDITS.md. These are real, openly licensed photographs. Resizing, compression, and any listed crop or blur are the only edits.
| File | Subject | License | Credit and source |
|---|---|---|---|
photo-portland-harbor.jpg | Portland skyline across the harbor | CC BY 2.0 | Paul VanDerWerf / Wikimedia Commons; resized and compressed · Source |
photo-sebago-lake.jpg | Sebago Lake State Park | CC BY 2.0 | Paul VanDerWerf / Wikimedia Commons; resized and compressed · Source |
photo-portland-winter.jpg | Downtown Portland snowstorm | Public domain | Kevin Galvin / FEMA; resized and compressed · Source |
photo-portland-park.jpg | Western Promenade in January | CC BY 3.0 | Dudesleeper / Wikimedia Commons; resized and compressed · Source |
Equipment photo credits
These real photos show septic and excavation equipment. They are not a portfolio of work completed by the contractor who answers a call.
| File | License | Credit and use note |
|---|---|---|
photo-hero-truck.jpg | CC0 | Cutlass / Wikimedia Commons; branding cropped and regulatory identifiers blurred · Source |
photo-service-truck.jpg | CC BY-SA 4.0 | OceanLoop / Wikimedia Commons; resized and compressed · Source |
photo-tank-filter.jpg | CC BY 2.0 | SuSanA Secretariat / Wikimedia Commons · Source |
photo-tank-lid.jpg | CC0 | W.carter / Wikimedia Commons · Source |
photo-tank-installed.jpg | Public domain | U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · Source |
photo-grease-trap.jpg | CC BY-SA 2.0 | artistmac / Flickr · Source |
photo-drainfield-trench.jpg | CC BY 2.0 | RBerteig / Flickr; utility excavation used illustratively · Source |
photo-failing-drainfield.jpg | CC BY 2.0 | eutrophication&hypoxia / Flickr; warning-sign use only · Source |
First-party SVG diagrams were drawn for this site and require no third-party attribution. Figtree is self-hosted under the SIL Open Font License.