Septic tanks in Riga and the Riga region - pumping, installation and maintenance

Services and prices

All prices are starting prices for a typical job. The final amount depends on the volume, the distance and the access. We confirm it in a quote before the work.

• Septic tank pumping: from €75 (up to 4 m³), from €90 (up to 6 m³), from €110 (up to 10 m³).
• Septic tank installation for a private house: including the tank and installation work from €2,200, a 2 m³ septic tank from €800.
• Biological treatment plants: a plant for 4–6 people from €1,750, installation work from €800.
• BIO plant maintenance: sludge pumping, flushing and inspection from €160.
• Sewer installation: external sewers from €25/m.
• Sewage pump stations: a station from €1,650.
• Grease trap cleaning: from €90.
• Travel outside Riga: ~€1/km. The full price list with calculation examples: prices.

Septic tank, holding tank or BIO plant - what is in your yard?

Before you send a request, it is worth knowing what system is buried on your property, because it determines both the work and how often the system needs pumping. There are three main types at private houses.

If you don't know exactly what is buried, write in your request how many hatches you can see and whether a pipe runs from the tank towards the garden. That is usually enough to tell whether your sewage system has a septic tank or a holding tank.

A septic tank for a private house: what to choose for a new house or a replacement

A septic tank suits a private house if the soil lets water through and the groundwater does not rise close to the surface in spring. A drain field can then be built after the septic tank. If the soil is clay or the groundwater is high, the usual choice is a biological treatment plant with an outlet to a ditch, or a sealed holding tank.

Before giving a quote, we find out the number of people in the house, the soil, the groundwater level, the distance to the well and the boundary, and where the vacuum tanker can get in. Read more about choice and sizes on the septic tank installation page, and about seasonal homes on the septic tank for a summer house page.

How the work goes

1. Request Fill in the form: name, phone number and address, then the service and, if you know it, the tank volume. You can send a request online at any time.
2. We clarify We contact you within 5 minutes of your request and clarify what affects the work and the price: the volume, vehicle access, the distance from the truck to the hatch, the soil.
3. Price before the work We give you the price based on the published price list and agree on a time.
4. The work Pumping, installation or maintenance. After pumping you receive a certificate with the address, the date and the volume removed.
5. What next We tell you what we noticed (for example a damaged lid, a liquid level that is too high or a clogged outlet) and when the next pumping or maintenance is due.

Rules that apply to every septic tank

Septic tanks, holding tanks and factory-made treatment plants with a capacity of up to 5 m³ per day in villages and towns are decentralised sewage systems. They are covered by Cabinet Regulation No. 384: the system must be registered in the municipal register, its contents must be handed over regularly to a pumping contractor, and the pumping certificate must be kept for at least two years.

Each municipality sets the minimum pumping frequency in its binding regulations. In Riga it is at least once a year for a septic tank, while for a holding tank it depends on water consumption and the tank volume. Riga region municipalities have their own rules; we explain how to register a system on the registering a decentralised sewage system page.

Where we work

We serve Riga and the Riga region. In Riga, septic tanks and holding tanks are mainly found in neighbourhoods of private houses, such as Mežaparks, Bieriņi, Trīsciems and Vecāķi.

Outside Riga we work in Mārupe, Ķekava, Ādaži, Salaspils, Baldone, Jūrmala and elsewhere. All places and each municipality's rules: where we work.