Clackamas septage hauler bonds.
$100 flat.
Clackamas County Water Environment Services (WES) requires a septage hauler to carry a $10,000 surety bond before it will accept septage loads at the Tri-City Water Resource Recovery Facility. Ours is $100 flat — the price you see is the checkout price. No credit check.
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How much does a Clackamas septage hauler bond cost?
$100 at the $10,000 amount, the same for every applicant.
Three steps. One sitting.
A septage hauler bond is about the simplest thing in surety. Here's the entire process:
Apply online
Business details and an effective date. That is the application. No credit check.
Pay & e-sign
Bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase.
File with WES
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to submit with your septage hauler permit application or annual renewal. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
Clackamas County's Water Environment Services (WES) department operates the Tri-City Water Resource Recovery Facility (TCWRRF), the county's treatment plant, and it requires a septage hauler to hold a WES septic tank waste discharge permit before dumping loads there. Filing a $10,000 surety bond is one of the standing conditions of that permit, alongside a current DEQ sewage disposal license and DEQ pumping-truck inspection report.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal, the hauler), the surety carrier, and Clackamas County WES (the obligee). If a hauler's discharges or conduct at the facility cause damage or a violation the permit covers, the county can draw on the bond.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. The underlying discharge permit runs three years, but WES requires the surety bond, DEQ license, and DEQ truck inspection to be updated and filed annually, so we track your renewal date and notify you ahead of it.
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Claims, renewal, filing, and what sets the price.
If a claim is made
A claim comes from the party the bond protects, the obligee named on the form, when the duty the bond guarantees is not met.
The surety investigates and pays a valid claim, up to the $10,000 bond amount. You then repay the surety: a surety bond is a guarantee of your performance, not insurance for you.
Renewal and term
The premium covers a one-year term from the effective date you choose; a longer term is the same price per year, chosen at checkout.
Renew before the expiry date to keep the bond in force: the license, permit or contract it backs expects continuous coverage.
How to file it
File with WES. Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to submit with your septage hauler permit application or annual renewal. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What sets the price
The premium is fixed at $100 at the $10,000 amount for every applicant: the carrier’s rate book prices this bond by the form, not by your credit or your business profile.
No credit check.
One application, issued instantly.
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$100 flat, no credit check, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.