We serve Monroe County, Pennsylvania, and the immediately surrounding communities. Septic permitting is handled at the township level here, so knowing the local sewage enforcement officer and the local process matters more than it might elsewhere.
Boroughs and communities
Stroudsburg. The county seat. Older housing stock in the borough is largely on public sewer, but properties on the outskirts and up the surrounding hills are frequently on septic, often with systems installed decades ago under rules that no longer apply.
East Stroudsburg. Similar pattern, with a mix of public sewer in the borough core and septic beyond it. Rental and student housing near the university adds inspection demand.
Mount Pocono and the Pocono plateau communities. Higher elevation, shallower soil over bedrock, and a heavy concentration of second homes and short-term rentals. Mound systems dominate.
Marshalls Creek and Middle Smithfield. Rapid residential growth on lots that often need engineered systems.
Delaware Water Gap, Bartonsville, Tannersville, Analomink, Sciota, Saylorsburg, Brodheadsville, Effort, Kunkletown, Gilbert, Blakeslee, Pocono Pines, Pocono Lake, Long Pond, Swiftwater, Cresco, Canadensis, Skytop, Henryville, Reeders, Stroud Township.
Townships we permit in
Stroud, Smithfield, Middle Smithfield, Hamilton, Pocono, Jackson, Barrett, Paradise, Price, Chestnuthill, Eldred, Ross, Polk, Tunkhannock, Tobyhanna, Coolbaugh.
Each township has its own sewage enforcement officer and its own permit turnaround. If you are planning a build with a deadline, ask us early about the timeline in your specific township, because they are not the same.
Just outside Monroe County
We also work in the adjacent parts of Pike County, including Bushkill, Dingmans Ferry, and Milford, and in northern Northampton and eastern Carbon counties.
Call and tell us the address. If it is outside what we cover, we will say so rather than waste your time.
A note for second-home and rental owners
A large share of properties in this county are not primary residences. That matters for septic in two specific ways.
Intermittent use is hard on a system. Long vacancies followed by a full house over a holiday weekend is a worse loading pattern than steady daily use. Systems serving rentals fail differently, and often sooner.
You are not there to notice the early signs. The soggy patch, the faint odor, the slow drain. By the time a guest reports a backup, the problem is usually well advanced. If you own a rental here, an inspection every couple of years is cheap insurance against a peak-season emergency.