Where the tanks in Lee County are, where they are not, and what to tell us before a truck is dispatched.
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Our service area runs from Cape Coral north and northwest into the parts of Lee County that never got central sewer.
As of Lee County’s 2023 Countywide Wastewater Management Plan, about 75% of the population is served by centralized sewer. Coverage has grown since, so treat that as a floor. The remaining quarter clusters, and this page maps the clusters.
Cape Coral was platted in 1957 on septic tanks and shallow wells, across what is now more than 400 miles of canals and a population of more than 235,000. Central sewer came later and has been working north ever since.
South of Pine Island Road is essentially sewered, and most of those tanks have already been pumped, crushed, and backfilled. The pumping work lives north and northwest, in ZIP codes 33909, 33993, 33991.
Del Prado Boulevard and Santa Barbara Boulevard are corridors, not neighborhoods. "Off Santa Barbara" tells a dispatcher nothing about which side of the sewer line you are on; the cross street does.
Jacaranda, listed as Cape Coral by some competitors, is in North Fort Myers. Whether your street has a tank depends on your UEP phase, not the neighborhood name.
Lee County
No widespread central sewer. Lee County counted 32,879 permitted septic tanks here back in 2020, and the conversions since have barely dented it.
Septic pumping in Lehigh Acres →Lee County
Directly across the Caloosahatchee: older unincorporated lots, heavily septic-dependent.
Septic pumping in North Fort Myers →Lee County
No central sewer on the island. Pine Island Center and the surrounding groves run on septic.
Septic pumping in Pine Island →Lee County
The gateway island: tight lots with water on both sides, and the setbacks that implies.
Septic pumping in Matlacha →Lee County
The north tip of Pine Island: rural, remote, and entirely on septic.
Septic pumping in Bokeelia →Lee County
The south tip of Pine Island: canal-front lots and seasonal occupancy.
Septic pumping in St James City →Lee County
Rural east Lee County along the river: large lots, long driveways, septic throughout.
Septic pumping in Alva →Lee County
The city core is largely sewered. Septic work here is on the fringes, the older unincorporated pockets, and commercial grease traps.
Septic pumping in Fort Myers →The Fort Myers city core is largely sewered, and Estero is substantially sewered, which is why Estero has no page here.
Bokeelia, St James City, Alva and the far east end of Lehigh Acres require a longer dispatch than a house off Trafalgar. Call with the address before scheduling.
Tank access matters everywhere. Tell us whether the lid is visible, whether the tank has been located before, and whether a vacuum truck can reach the property without crossing soft ground or a narrow gate.
For urgent backups, call rather than waiting for a form response.
Florida Rule 62-6.010(3) requires a septage pumper's operating permit number, company name, phone number, and waste tank gallon capacity to be permanently painted on the truck in letters at least three inches tall; magnetic signs do not count. Since January 1, 2016, Fla. Stat. 381.0065(6) has prohibited land application of septage, so whatever comes out of your tank in Alva or Matlacha goes to a DEP-approved facility.
Permits and inspections come from the Florida Department of Health in Lee County at 239-690-2100, 2295 Victoria Ave, Fort Myers, FL 33901. Florida's septic program moved to DEP in 2021, but Lee County has not transitioned, so DOH-Lee is still who you call.
Sometimes. Bokeelia, St James City, Alva and the far east end of Lehigh Acres require a longer dispatch from Cape Coral. Call with the address so availability and travel can be confirmed before the visit.
If you pay the City a monthly sewer bill, you are connected. Otherwise Pine Island Road is the practical dividing line: nearly everything south of it went to city sewer through the Utilities Extension Project, and the septic side is north and northwest, in ZIPs 33909, 33993, 33991. The City's "Find Your Future Utilities Extension Area" lookup gives an address's phase, and the UEP hotline is 1-833-227-3837.
Mostly not. The city core is largely sewered; the septic work there is on the fringes, in older unincorporated pockets the sewer grid never reached, and in commercial grease traps. Estero is substantially sewered too. If you are in either place and have a tank, call.
Coverage is built around Cape Coral and Lee County, where a truck reaches you without the travel charge eating the job. Charlotte County to the north and Collier County to the south are handled case by case. Call with the address and you will get a yes or a no.
Scheduled pumping is normally booked days out, and distance matters less than the calendar. Emergency service runs 24/7. Regular hours are Mon–Sat, 7:00 AM – 7:00 PM. On a same-day emergency in Bokeelia or Alva, drive time is the constraint, so call with the exact address.
Cape Coral and the septic-dependent parts of Lee County around it.
All of it, with the heaviest septic work north of Pine Island Road. South of it is largely on sewer already.
Burnt Store · Trafalgar · Mariner · Diplomat · Hancock · Pelican · Cape Harbour
ZIPs 33904 · 33909 · 33914 · 33990 · 33991 · 33993
Longer trips depend on where the truck starts its route. We will confirm whether the address fits the service schedule when you call.
Tell us the cross street. We will tell you whether the travel charge applies and roughly when a truck can reach you.
