24/7 emergency service. Call any hour and a real person answers.

SINCE 2010

Collier County septic service. Help is down the road.

A septic question in Collier County does not have to wait for a search to turn into a guess. The crew is already down the road. Southwest Environmental is based in Fort Myers at 17551 Rockefeller Cir, Fort Myers, FL 33967, and works across all six Southwest Florida counties. Call the direct office line and a real person answers.

About eight long rows of black drain field chambers in a wide excavation, joined by a teal pipe, with a laser level on a tripod and a house under tall palms behind.

Collier County ground calls for careful septic work

Collier County includes Naples, Marco Island, and Immokalee. Across Southwest Florida, the water table stays high for much of the year and is highest in the wet season, roughly June to October. The county also has sandy soil over limestone and shell, which drains fast in dry weather and poorly when the ground is wet.

The drain field is the buried area that lets treated wastewater soak into the soil. When the ground stays saturated for weeks, that area has less room to take in more water. Mound systems, with the treatment area raised above the natural ground, and aerobic treatment units, or ATUs, are common where a conventional drain field would sit too close to the water table.

Parts of Collier County are moving from septic to sewer. A property that still uses septic needs regular attention until its system changes. A simple schedule helps the owner know what the system needs instead of waiting for a backup to make the decision.

One office line for work across the county

The truck starts in Fort Myers and travels into Collier County. Call (239) 225-2255, the direct office line, and a real person answers to hear the details in your own words.

Routine work is handled on a schedule for the property. If wastewater is backing up or the situation is urgent, 24/7 emergency service is available. The crew already works in the county and knows that conditions can differ from one property to the next.

Tell the office what you see, where you are, and whether the problem is routine or urgent. A real person answers at (239) 225-2255 and helps you take the next step.

Towns we serve in Collier County

  • Naples
  • Marco Island
  • North Naples
  • East Naples
  • Naples Park
  • Naples Manor
  • Golden Gate
  • Golden Gate Estates
  • Immokalee
  • Ave Maria
  • Orangetree
  • Everglades City
  • Goodland

What can we help you with?

Services across Collier County

Line jetting

High pressure jetting that cuts through grease, roots and build up and puts the line back to full bore.

Residential / Business / Municipal

Lift station services

Service, repair and emergency response on lift stations, including the pumps, floats and panels.

Residential / Business / Municipal

Emergency service, 24/7

Call any hour and a real person answers. Not a call centre, not a message service.

Residential / Business / Municipal

Hydro excavation

Digging with water and vacuum instead of a bucket, so buried lines and cables come up intact.

Business / Municipal

Catch basin cleaning

Basins cleaned out before the silt and debris in them backs water up onto the surface.

Business / Municipal

Grading and excavating

Site work that goes with the system, done by our own crews rather than a subcontractor.

Residential / Business / Municipal

Septic inspections

Point of sale and condition inspections, with a written result you can hand to a buyer or a lender.

Residential / Business

Repairs

Backups, slow drains, alarms, lids, baffles and pumps.

Residential / Business

ATU maintenance contracts

Ongoing contracts on aerobic treatment units. Certified on Hoot, Norweco, Jet, Fuji Clean and more.

Residential / Business

Grease trap service

Scheduled pumping and manifests for kitchens that cannot afford a shutdown.

Business / Municipal

Preventative maintenance contracts

A service schedule set in advance, so the work happens before the failure rather than after it.

Residential / Business / Municipal

Line camera inspections

A camera down the line to find the break, the belly or the root intrusion before anyone digs.

Residential / Business / Municipal

Vactoring

Vacuum removal of liquids, slurry and solids from tanks, basins and wet wells.

Business / Municipal

Vacuum truck services

Our own vacuum fleet, dispatched from Fort Myers across the six counties we cover.

Business / Municipal

Storm drain cleaning

Storm lines and inlets cleared so the system carries water when the rain arrives.

Business / Municipal

Emergency wastewater hauling

Wastewater moved off site at short notice when a system or a plant cannot hold it.

Business / Municipal

Waste removal

We remove the waste. Removal is the service we provide.

Business / Municipal

Disaster recovery

After a storm, systems get pumped down and put back in service in the order that matters most.

Residential / Business / Municipal

Confined space entry

Trained entry into wet wells and vaults where the work cannot be done from the surface.

Business / Municipal

Common questions

What kind of septic systems are common in Collier County?

Mound systems and aerobic treatment units, or ATUs, are common where the water table is too high for a conventional drain field. An ATU uses air to treat wastewater before it reaches the ground. Call (239) 225-2255 if you are unsure which kind of system is on your property.

Is Collier County moving some properties from septic to sewer?

Yes. Septic to sewer conversion is under way in parts of Collier County. Until a property changes over, its septic system remains the way it handles wastewater and needs a sensible care schedule.

Can someone answer a Collier County septic call at night?

Yes. Call (239) 225-2255 for 24/7 emergency service. A real person answers the direct office line and can hear what is happening before the next step is set.

One number, day or night, and a real person answers.