The Health Department is charged with enforcing:

• Massachusetts’ Title 5 Septic System Regulations, and

• Gloucester’s On-site Wastewater System Regulations

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All septic system related documents should be below.  

If you don’t find what you need, please email us 

and we will upload the documents to this page.  

Please send your request for other documents to:

 Sanitarian Leslie Whelan: 

Lwhelan@gloucester-ma.gov

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Septic Review Sub-Committee Meetings

• Agendas, Packets, and Minutes

• Meeting Dates
  
  

Recent Septic Approvals, and Property Documents:

• Approved Septic System Plans,

• Title 5 Inspection Reports,

• Certificates of Compliance,

• As-built Plans,

• and some Historical Documents

Septic Regulations:

• Title 5 - Massachusetts Septic System Regulations

  • Bedroom Definition

• Gloucester’s On-site Wastewater Regulations

Lists of Septic Professionals:

• Title 5 Inspectors 

• Septic System Designers  

• Septic System Installers    

• Septic System Haulers and Pumpers 

• Operation and Maintenance Providers

Septic Forms for Owners:

• Voluntary Upgrade Form

• Owner Acknowledgement of Responsibilities for Secondary Treatment Unit

• Deed Notice - Alternative Septic System

• Deed Restriction - Bedroom Count

Septic Information:

• MA Department of Environmental Protection - SEPTIC SYSTEMS and TITLE 5 Information

  • Buying or Selling Property With a Septic System

• Septic System Do’s and Don’ts

Financial Assistance and Loans:

• Septic Loan Program - Gloucester 

  • Application

  • Brochure
    

• Title 5/Septic Systems: Financial Assistance Opportunities for System Owners

  • Mass Housing - Septic Loan

  • MA Tax Credit for Failed Septic or Cesspool

Septic Professional - Annual License Applications: 

• Installer's Permit Application

• Pumper/Hauler's Permit Application

• Worker's Compensation Insurance Affidavit 

Septic Professional -JOB PERMIT Applications:

• Soil Evaluation Witness Scheduling- Online

• Application for Septic Plan

• Variance Application

• Disposal System CONSTRUCTION PERMIT

• Permit to Abandon Septic System

• Function Check Reporting 

• FEES