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About New Braunfels Septic
This site exists because the septic information available for Comal County was either national and wrong, or local and thin. It is meant to be the page you wish you had found before you started getting quotes.
What we are
New Braunfels Septic is an independent information and referral service for Comal County, Texas. We publish county-specific guidance on septic systems and the OSSF permitting process, and we connect property owners with licensed local professionals who quote and perform the work.
What we are not
We are not a septic contractor. We are not a licensed installer, professional engineer or registered sanitarian, and we do not install, repair, inspect, pump or maintain septic systems. Texas requires licensure for that work — Class I (OSI) and Class II (OSII) installers, licensed maintenance providers, and PEs or RSs for system design — and we hold none of those licences. Anyone we refer you to holds the licence appropriate to the work they are quoting.
Nothing on this site is engineering, legal or regulatory advice.
How we make money
Plainly: licensed septic professionals pay us for the introduction when we send them a homeowner who wants a quote. You are never charged, and the amount is not affected by what you end up spending.
We think you should know that, because it is the only honest way to read a site like this one. It is also why we are careful about the next section — a referral site that publishes wrong numbers to drive calls is worthless to homeowners and, eventually, worthless to the contractors too.
How we research and review this site
Our working rules:
- Primary sources first. Regulatory content comes from the Comal County Engineer's Office and the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality — the county's published OSSF permit steps, 30 TAC Chapter 285 (including 285.40 for the Edwards Aquifer Recharge Zone), 30 TAC Chapter 213, and Texas Health & Safety Code 366.0515.
- We link to the source so you can check us.
- We refuse to invent numbers. Where a figure changes — county permit fees are the clearest example — we say we do not know it and point you at the office that does, rather than publishing something plausible.
- Cost ranges are labelled as ranges, compiled from published Texas septic cost data, and presented as planning figures rather than quotes. Only a site evaluation produces a real number for your property.
- We correct national averages that do not apply here, rather than repeating them for traffic. The gap between the $3,762–$5,374 figure the directories publish for New Braunfels and the $13,000–$22,000 an aerobic system actually costs on a Hill Country lot is the main reason this site exists.
- We date the review. Every page carries a last-reviewed date, and rules and prices both move.
Tell us. If a rule has changed, a fee is out of date, or a local contractor thinks a cost range is off, we would rather fix it than defend it. Email quotes@newbraunfelsseptic.com — corrections from people who do this work for a living are the most useful mail we get.
Who we cover
All of Comal County, with most of our attention on the unincorporated communities where there is no sewer: Canyon Lake, Spring Branch, Bulverde, Fischer, Sattler, Startzville, Garden Ridge, Gruene and the acreage around New Braunfels. Area notes →
Verify anything that matters
Before you spend money or commit to a design, confirm it with the authority:
- Comal County Engineer's Office — 195 David Jonas Drive, New Braunfels, TX 78132 · 830-608-2090 · Environmental Health
- TCEQ On-Site Sewage Facilities program — tceq.texas.gov/permitting/ossf
- TCEQ Edwards Aquifer Protection Program — tceq.texas.gov/permitting/eapp