Sewer and septic service in Covington, Georgia, starting with which side of the city main your pipe is on.COVINGTON SEWER & SEPTIC — WHICH SIDE OF THE CITY MAIN.

You do, up to a point. Covington Code § 13.16.070 makes each customer maintain and keep clean the pipe from their plumbing to the city street line or the city sewer main, whichever is nearer. A blockage in the main itself is the city's. Finding the cleanout first tells you which side you are on.

Source: Covington, GA Code of Ordinances § 13.16.070 (Municode)

Ninety days. Under § 13.16.140, owners of property within 200 feet of a street sewer must build the line to the property line at their own cost and apply for the connection within 90 days of official notice. Section 13.16.310 then allows condemnation signs if the deadline passes, so start early.

Source: Covington, GA Code of Ordinances § 13.16.140 (Municode)

The city's tap-fee page lists $3,600 for a sewer tap with a 3/4-inch meter and service and $6,520 at 1 inch. A 3/4-inch water tap is $2,225. Larger or nonresidential taps are figured by the City Engineer. The page does not print an effective date, so confirm the figure when you apply.

Source: City of Covington — Tap Fees

Under rates effective November 1, 2025, the City of Covington charges sanitary sewer at $6 per 1,000 gallons, with an $18 minimum. Because the charge follows metered water, a hidden leak on your side of the meter raises both lines of the bill.

Source: City of Covington - Water Rate Information

At the city's Water Reclamation Facility, which Georgia EPD permits to treat up to 5.6 million gallons per day. That plant is where an in-town lateral ultimately drains. Homes on the county side of town may instead feed the NCWSA system or a tank of their own.

Source: City of Covington - Water Reclamation Facility

Covington's 2025 water quality report includes the federally required service line inventory and tells customers who have a lead line, or a galvanized line needing replacement, to flush their pipes longer before use. If your line is on that list, replacing the owner's side is a water line job we do.

Source: City of Covington 2025 Water Quality Report (CCR)

Yes. The City of Covington serves water and sewer customers both inside and outside its limits. Check whether your bill comes from the city, from NCWSA, or shows no sewer at all. If none shows a sewer charge, the house is almost certainly on a tank permitted by GNR.

Source: City of Covington - Water/Sewer System

From GNR Public Health's Newton Environmental Health Department, which is in Covington at 1113 Usher Street, Suite 303 (770-784-2121). Repairs and new systems need a Level 3 soil report first, and the residential permit is $275. We can file the application as your agent.

Source: GNR Health — Newton Environmental Health Department (location page)