IS-PSDS Private Sewage Disposal Systems Standard
(IS-PSDS)
ICC 825 – Private Sewage Disposal Systems Standard
Project Description: This new standard will provide minimum requirements for designing, constructing, operating and maintaining private sewage disposal systems which include septic tank and effluent absorption systems, or other treatment tank and effluent disposal systems, where a public sewer is not available. Furthermore, the new standard will focus on the impacts of climate change, and how better to design and install such systems to be more resilient to extreme weather events.
This committee will take a global approach to develop minimum requirements and standards to safeguard the health, safety, general welfare of the public and address societal and industry challenges through designing, constructing, operating and maintaining private sewage disposals systems.
Project Need: ICC 825 will address situations where, if a public sewer is not available, the code requires a private sewage disposal system to be installed. Furthermore, ICC 825 will work hand-in-hand with the sanitary drainage aspect of ICC 815 Standard for Sizing Water Distribution, Sanitary Drainage and Vent Piping Systems.
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Jennifer Hess
Committee News
2026.03.13 | May 2026 meeting for IS-PSDS (ICC 825) revised
The May working group and Committee meetings have been revised and the full Committee will now meet on May 14, 2026 from 2:00pm-4:00pm ET to adjudicate public review comments.
2026.03.13 | April 2026 meeting for IS-PSDS (ICC 825) cancelled
The April working group and Committee meetings have been cancelled as the initial draft of ICC 825 has been posted for Public Review.
2026.03.13 | Public Draft #1 Posted for Comment
Public Comment Draft #1 is posted in the Documents link as part of the first ANSI public review period for public review of the first draft. Notice is also provided in the March 13, 2026 edition of ANSI Standards Action. The deadline to receive comments is April 27, 2026. Comments should be submitted using the online comment tool (see "Standard DRAFT Publication Comments" button above). Comments will be arranged into a public input agenda for consideration by the committee in upcoming meetings to create Public Comment Draft #1. (See "Documents" >> "Resources" >> "Public Draft 01" folder.)
2026.03.09 | March 2026 meeting for IS-PSDS (ICC 825) cancelled
The March working group and Committee meetings have been cancelled as the initial draft of ICC 825 will be posted for Public Review soon.
2025.12.09 | First half of 2026 meetings for IS-PSDS (ICC 825) posted
Working Groups: The 2026 public meetings of the working groups for the first six months are
scheduled for January 15, February 12, March 12, April 16, May 14 and June 11, from 2-4 PM
eastern.
Committee: The 2026 public meetings of the committee for the first six months are scheduled for
January 15, February 12, March 12, April 16, May 14 and June 11, from 4-5 PM eastern.
The meetings are open to the public and interested parties may participate on any work groups created by the committee to develop the technical content of the standard. Please contact the secretariat if you wish to be added to the interested party list to receive future meeting invites and notices of public review postings.
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