In areas where public sewers are not available to carry human and household waste water to municipal wastewater treatment plants, individual sewage disposal systems (septic tank systems) provide the functions of both sewer collection and treatment plant.

The Southern Nevada Health District manages policies that pertain to waste management to eliminate and prevent health and safety hazards by regulating proper planning, design, construction, operation and maintenance of individual residential and commercial sewage disposal systems.

For more information, visit the health district's website.