Commercial cesspool services on Long Island

JET services cesspools and septic systems at restaurants and food service businesses, retail strips, office buildings, medical offices, schools, apartment complexes and other multi-family buildings, car washes, auto shops and warehouses. If a property relies on an on-site system, it needs the same basic care as a house, only more often and on a bigger scale.

• Pumping: high-volume cesspool and septic pumping on a schedule that matches the building’s use.
• Cleaning: cesspool cleaning to remove sludge and buildup that slows drainage.
• Grease traps: grease trap cleaning for restaurants and commercial kitchens.
• Lines: hydro jetting, sewer jetting and camera inspections for building lines.
• Treatment and aeration: treatment and aeration where they fit the system.
• Repairs and replacement: repairs and new systems when service is no longer enough.

The easiest commercial backup to deal with is the one that never happens. A maintenance schedule built around how the property is used, such as seating, tenants, shifts and seasonal swings, means the system is pumped and checked before it is overloaded.

We can schedule visits early in the morning, at night or on weekends where possible, so service doesn’t disrupt customers, patients or residents. After each visit we tell you what we found, which helps property managers keep records and plan budgets.

In Suffolk County, systems for anything other than a single-family home are designed to separate Department of Health Services standards, sized to the building’s design flow. New businesses need a permit from the county’s Office of Wastewater Management, and changes to an existing building may need its approval too.

Since July 1, 2021, new construction projects that use an on-site system have had to install an I/A (nitrogen-reducing) system. Food service businesses also need a permit from the county’s Bureau of Public Health Protection, and the county’s standards require a grease trap for restaurant and food preparation kitchens. Properties inside a sewer district answer to that district instead.

As a Suffolk County–registered I/A installer, JET handles new commercial projects that need a nitrogen-reducing system as well as upgrades to existing ones.

Backups in a business don’t wait for a convenient time, so our emergency line is staffed 24/7. On an emergency call we focus first on stopping the overflow, then on finding out whether the cause is a full system, a blocked line or a failing structure.

Once the immediate problem is handled, we’ll recommend what would keep it from happening again, whether that is a shorter pumping interval, grease trap service or a repair.