Septic permit rules and requirements in Kansas
In Kansas, the state sets the rule. The septic permit comes from your local health department. Kansas Statutes § 19-3703 · checked 2026-09-11
Local Environmental Protection Program
Writes the rules
checked 2026-09-23
Your local health department
Issues the permit
checked 2026-09-11
Who decides a septic permit in Kansas
Your local health department issues the permit. The state sets the floor through the Local Environmental Protection Program, Watershed Management Section, Division of Environment, Kansas Department of Health and Environment.
The local health department runs the county sanitary code. It covers septic rules. A county board may pick another office instead.
Kansas Statutes § 19-3703 · checked 2026-09-11
The office's phone number is 785-296-5558.
The program page lists this as its direct contact number. It reaches the staff member who oversees the program.
Kansas Department of Health and Environment — Local Environmental Protection Program · checked 2026-09-23
Kansas counties on this site
We have not published a Kansas county page yet. A county earns a page when we hold facts unique to it. Until then this page is the answer for every county in the state.
Telling us your county is how we decide which one to build next.
Sources
State records only. Each figure above has a government source and a checked-on date. County figures live on the county pages.
Verify before you act. Septic rules are set locally and they change. Check anything here with your local health department before you spend money on it.