Plumber and Septic Service in Tequesta, FL

Water, sewer and septic: who serves Tequesta

The Village of Tequesta, incorporated in 1957, reaches north to the Martin County line. The Village supplies drinking water and runs the stormwater system, but not the sewer. The Loxahatchee River District (LRD) owns and maintains the wastewater lines and lift stations and treats the flow at an 11 MGD plant in Jupiter. Some LRD customers are on a low-pressure system, which uses a small pump station at each house instead of a gravity line.

A Tequesta mailing address does not always mean a home inside the village. Some streets in unincorporated southern Martin County carry Tequesta addresses, and LRD's 2010 septic study found River's Edge Road lots on a mix of Town of Jupiter water and private wells. We confirm the providers for your address before pricing water line, sewer or septic work.

LRD had converted nearly 4,000 homes from septic to sewer by 2016, and the push has local roots. A 1995 Harbor Branch study found septic systems on the Tequesta Peninsula had contaminated groundwater beyond state standards, and a 1997 court judgment in a case between the Village and LRD accepted its findings. Septic remains on outlying streets, including Martin County private roads such as Rivers Edge Road and 171st Street, which LRD has slated for conversion as easements are obtained.

The homes here and what wears out in them

In 1955 Charlie Martyn bought 350 acres along the North and Northwest forks of the Loxahatchee River and laid out 600 home sites around what became the Tequesta Country Club. Several subdivisions followed in the early 1960s after Pratt & Whitney (1958) and RCA (1960) came to northern Palm Beach County. Census estimates for 2020 to 2024 put about 74 percent of the village's roughly 3,424 housing units in the 1960 to 1989 build years.

Houses from that era typically went in with copper supply lines and cast iron drains, and some still have original pipe under the slab. At 40 to 60 years old, that pipe tends to show pinhole leaks, slab leaks, scaled or cracked cast iron, and laterals with roots or offset joints. We confirm what is in your house with a camera or leak test before recommending a repipe.

About 43 percent of housing units are in buildings with five or more units, mostly 10 to 49 units. Condo plumbing runs through shared risers and stacks, so we coordinate shutoffs with the association or building manager before opening a riser.

• Slab leaks and pinhole leaks in original copper
• Cast iron drains that back up, crack or smell
• Water heaters at the end of their service life

Water quality and flood exposure

Village water comes from 14 wells. Ten tap the surficial aquifer and go through conventional multimedia filtration, which replaced an older manganese greensand filter. Four reach nearly 1,800 feet into the upper Floridan aquifer and are treated by reverse osmosis. The blended water is disinfected with chloramine, and the Village does not add fluoride. Its 2025 water quality report lists no violations.

The Village's FAQ puts average hardness at about 100 to 120 mg/L, near the 100 mg/L line it uses for soft water. Private wells need their own test, and we test at the tap before recommending a softener or filter.

The Village's October 2024 Vulnerability Assessment found storm surge flooding worse than rainfall flooding village-wide. Around Dover Ditch, the drainage canal on the Jupiter border, the current numbers run the other way: up to 2.7 feet of water in a 100-year rain and 2.3 feet in a 100-year surge. The study also flagged 17 low-lying LRD wet wells in the village. When every drain in a house slows after a storm, we camera the lateral before assuming an indoor clog.

Septic care where septic remains

LRD's 2010 septic study rated several neighborhoods near Tequesta. In Indian Hills and Rolling Hills, sloping Paola and St. Lucie sands posed only a slight limitation for drainfields, with the water table more than 3 feet down. On River's Edge Road, Waveland and Immokalee fine sands held the water table within 3 feet of the surface, and part of the neighborhood lies in the 100-year flood zone.

A drain field in high groundwater can struggle in the rainy season even when the tank is sound. Watch for slow drains after weeks of rain, soggy ground over the field, or sewage odor outdoors. Most tanks need pumping every 3 to 5 years, and a high-water lot leaves less room to let that slide.

In LRD's recent conversion projects, owners have had one year from notice to connect. SE Indian Hills Drive was notified in December 2025. We pump the old tank and handle the sewer line work. Florida DEP has run the onsite sewage program since July 1, 2021, and county health department offices still handle septic permitting and inspections.

Services most requested in Tequesta

These follow from the housing age and the sewer and septic split above.

• Leak and slab leak detection
• Water line repair
• Cast iron pipe rejuvenation
• Drain cleaning and hydro jetting
• Sewer camera inspection and sewer line repair or replacement
• Tank and tankless water heaters
• Water filtration and softeners
• Septic pumping, repair, inspections and drain field work
• 24/7 emergency plumbing, residential and commercial

What happens when you call

A live dispatcher answers (561) 970-9282 around the clock. Crews come from our Jupiter office at 140 Jupiter St with company-owned pump trucks and excavation equipment, so septic and sewer jobs do not wait on rentals. You approve an upfront price before work begins.

The work is done under Florida Certified Plumbing Contractor license CFC1427175, by a company with 32 years of plumbing and septic experience. Customers rate LCI 4.7 stars across more than 950 Google reviews.

Buying or selling a Tequesta home

Before closing, confirm with LRD whether the property is on sewer or septic. A septic home should get a real estate septic inspection, and a 1960s to 1980s house benefits from a sewer camera inspection of its cast iron and lateral. The Village's flood page points residents to florida.withforerunner.com for elevation certificates on file.

Nearby areas we serve

Jupiter Inlet Colony is a separate town, incorporated in 1959, that gets its water from the Village of Tequesta. We also work across the rest of LRD's service area.

• Jupiter Inlet Colony
• Jupiter
• Juno Beach
• Unincorporated southern Martin County (Tequesta addresses)
• Unincorporated northern Palm Beach County