Union Point GA Septic, Sewer Taps & Site Work

The short answer

Is Union Point, GA on sewer or septic?

Both. Union Point runs its own wastewater plant on South Hillard Street, so much of town is sewered, while farms and homesites past the city lines use septic permitted by Greene County Environmental Health. A Class Septic Services installs and repairs septic systems and drain fields, lays sewer laterals and clears and grades lots around Union Point.↗↗

Reviewed by A Class Septic Services · Last updated October 13, 2026

At a glance

County: Greene County
ZIP codes: 30669
Sewer: City of Union Point (Union Point WPCP, NPDES GA0025429)
Water: City of Union Point (PWSID GA1330002)
Population: 1,597 (2020 Census)

The Union Point story

A town built at a rail junction, east of the lake

Union Point takes its name from the joining of two rail lines, and the town was laid out in 1834 when the railroad reached the spot. The Georgia Legislature made it a city in 1904. Between those dates a short branch called the Union Point & White Plains Railroad ran about 13 miles south from here to White Plains, from 1889 until it was abandoned in 1927.↗↗

The roads still meet here too. US 278 comes through as Lamb Avenue, seven miles from Greensboro and eleven from Crawfordville. GA 77 heads north 23 miles to Lexington and south five miles to I-20 at Siloam, and GA 44 angles northeast 22 miles to Washington. South of the interstate, GA 77 continues to GA 16 at Shoulderbone, the road that carries on to Sparta and Lake Sinclair's east side.↗↗

Lake Oconee is the money end of Greene County, and Union Point is its quiet east end. The lake shore lies west of Greensboro; land around Union Point is pasture, timber and family acreage, and the 2020 census counted every resident of the town as rural. Owners here are more likely to be replacing a tired tank behind a pre-war house, or cutting in a homesite on inherited land, than building a lake estate.↗↗

On the record

The Union Point & White Plains Railroad, chartered in 1886, opened in 1889, ran about 13 miles to White Plains and was abandoned in 1927.↗
Union Point was laid out in 1834 when the railroad was extended to that point, and was incorporated as a city in 1904.↗

Sewer or septic?

Inside the city plant's reach, and past it

Like Greensboro, Union Point runs its own municipal wastewater plant. EPA's records list the Union Point Water Pollution Control Plant under permit GA0025429. That permit's stated term ran out on August 31, 2025, and EPA now shows it as administratively continued, which keeps the plant operating under the old terms while the state works on renewal.↗

The city has not published a sewer service map or its tap fees, so the right first question on any lot is a call to City Hall. A house on a street with a main may be required to tie in; a house a mile out on GA 77 almost certainly has a tank, and it falls to the county health office.↗

How to tell which one you have

A City of Union Point sewer charge on the water bill means you are tied in.
Greene County Environmental Health can tell you whether a septic permit is on file for the address.
No sewer line on the bill means a tank and drain field, on file with Greene County Environmental Health.

Local facts

Union Point by the numbers

Each row links to the agency, code or publisher it comes from. Tap a source to check it yourself.

From the Census, EPA, NRCS and the National Park Service.
Topic	What it says	Source
Housing age	Median home built 1966; 127 of 554 units date to 1939 or earlier	Census Reporter: Union Point, GA (ACS 2024 5-year)
Mobile homes	60 of 554 units; 453 are single-family detached	Same source as above
City water	About 813 connections serving 2,114 people, from surface water	EPA Envirofacts SDWIS: public water systems in Greene County (PWSID GA133xxxx)
Wastewater permit	Union Point WPCP, GA0025429: expired Aug. 31, 2025, administratively continued	EPA ECHO Detailed Facility Report: Union Point WPCP, NPDES GA0025429
Historic district	National Register district bounded roughly by Lamb Ave., Washington Rd., Old Crawfordville Rd. and Hendry St.	National Park Service NPGallery: Union Point Historic District (NRIS 90002100)
Town soil	Cecil gravelly sandy loam, 2-6% slopes, moderately eroded	USDA NRCS Soil Data Access: map unit at Union Point's Census centroid (33.6188, -83.0750)

Median year homes were built

1966

Typical house here is about 60 years old — and so is its original sewer or septic line.

ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035 · Census Reporter: Union Point, GA (ACS 2024 5-year)

Housing era

The oldest houses we work around in Greene

Union Point's median home is older than Greensboro's, and nearly a quarter of its houses went up before 1940. That age shows underground. Clay and cast-iron house drains crack and settle, original laterals were laid shallow, and where a lot was never sewered the tank may be a site-built block box with no record of where its field runs.↗

Many of those houses sit inside the National Register district between Lamb Avenue and Hendry Street. Listing does not stop a septic or sewer repair, but tidy trenching, careful spoil handling and putting the yard back the way it was matter more on a street where the porches are the point.↗

Permits · Greene County Environmental Health (Northeast Health District), 1031 Apalachee Avenue, Greensboro

From septic letter to backfill in Greene County

Union Point lots outside the sewer answer to the county health office in Greensboro, seven miles west on US 278.

01
Ask the Environmental Health Manager (706-453-4471) for a septic approval letter or soil evaluation; the county's building office will not issue a permit that relies on septic without it.↗
02
Confirm the parcel clears the Board of Health minimum: three-quarters of an acre if it has public water, an acre and a half if it will be on a well.↗
03
Add an erosion plan and land disturbance permit if the disturbed area tops an acre, sits within 200 feet of state waters, or is part of a larger development.↗
04
Install the tank and field, then leave everything uncovered until the county inspects and approves it in writing.↗

Published fees

New residential system inspectionEffective 2024-08-01$350; $400 at five or more bedrooms↗
Residential repair permitEffective 2024-08-01$200↗
Site plan reviewEffective 2024-08-01$75↗

Soil & terrain

Cecil clay on the Oconee-Ogeechee divide

The soil mapped at the center of town is Cecil gravelly sandy loam on 2 to 6 percent slopes, already moderately eroded, and NRCS rates it somewhat limited for absorption fields. Across Greene County, roughly 38 percent of the surveyed ground rates very limited and most of the rest somewhat limited.↗

Union Point also sits right on a watershed line. The county drains west to the Oconee and Lake Oconee on one side of a line through Woodville, Union Point and White Plains, and east and south toward the Little River, the Savannah and the Ogeechee on the other. Which way a lot sheds water matters when placing a field or a French drain.↗

Cecil gravelly sandy loam, 2-6% slopes, moderately eroded↗
Mapped at Union Point's Census centroid; somewhat limited for septic fields.
Soil series · USDA NRCS

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Union Point septic and sewer questions

Straight answers, with the rule or record behind them. Still unsure? Call and ask the crew that digs.

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Who treats Union Point's sewage?

The city does, at the Union Point Water Pollution Control Plant on South Hillard Street, permitted by the state under NPDES number GA0025429.

Source: EPA ECHO Detailed Facility Report: Union Point WPCP, NPDES GA0025429

Has the Union Point sewer plant's permit expired?

Its stated term ended August 31, 2025. EPA lists it as administratively continued, which means the plant keeps operating under the existing permit until a renewal is issued.

Source: EPA ECHO Detailed Facility Report: Union Point WPCP, NPDES GA0025429

How old are the houses in Union Point?

The Census puts the median year built at 1966, and 127 of the town's 554 housing units were built in 1939 or earlier, so old clay laterals and undocumented tanks are common.

Source: Census Reporter: Union Point, GA (ACS 2024 5-year)

Where do I get a septic permit for a lot near Union Point?

From Greene County Environmental Health at 1031 Apalachee Avenue in Greensboro. Specialists are in the office weekdays from 8:30 to 10 a.m.; outside those hours, call 706-453-4471.

Source: Northeast Health District: Greene County locations (Environmental Health)

What does a septic repair permit cost in Greene County?

The county's August 2024 fee sheet lists $200 for a residential repair permit and $350 for a new residential system inspection, or $400 at five or more bedrooms.

Source: Greene County EH Fees (effective August 1, 2024)

How much land do I need for septic outside Union Point?

Greene's Board of Health requires at least 0.75 acre when the lot has public water and 1.5 acres when it relies on a private well.

Source: Greene County Board of Health: Lot Size Ordinance (effective Sept 7, 2018)

Can I burn brush from a lot clearing near Union Point?

Greene County is not on EPD's list of counties under the May-through-September open burning ban, so a cleared brush pile can be burned with a Georgia Forestry Commission permit and good weather.

Source: GA EPD press release, Apr. 29, 2026: Annual Ban on Open Burning

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Where these facts come from

Rules, costs and local facts on this page link to the agency, code or publisher that states them. Cost figures are third-party market ranges, not our prices — estimates are free.

Reviewed by A Class Septic Services · Last updated October 13, 2026

Septic installation, septic repair, sewer lines and site work in Union Point and the farm country of eastern Greene County.

Is Union Point, GA on sewer or septic?

A town built at a rail junction, east of the lake