Septic Expert · Operator · Teacher
Meet Bobby Lanham
For more than three decades, Bobby has built and run septic operations across Arizona — from the dirt and diagnostics to the equipment, crews, and customers. He is NAWT certified, and he can usually tell what kind of septic system a property has, and what's likely to go wrong with it, from the location alone.
30+
Years in Arizona septic
NAWT
Certified — Cert #19937ITC
Both
Residential & Commercial
Expertise
What Bobby Knows
- 01Septic systems
- Tanks, baffles, leach fields, seepage pits, chambers — the full underground.
- 02Inspections & transfers
- Arizona's property-sale requirements, handled correctly the first time.
- 03Lift stations
- Sewage and grinder pumps, shopping centers, municipalities.
- 04Commercial systems
- Grease traps, oil-water separators, sand interceptors, engineered treatment.
- 05The economics
- Why maintenance is always cheaper than failure.
- 06Teaching
- Training crews, realtors, and homeowners to understand what's below ground.
Philosophy
What Bobby Believes
“Most problems in this industry come down to one thing: a lack of real knowledge. Too many technicians know how to show up, but not how the system actually works underground, why it fails, or how to explain it clearly to a customer.”
“A septic system is a living thing. Pump it, feed it, don't poison it — and it will outlast you.”
Have a system that needs
a real expert?
Bobby co-founded Steel Septic and Environmental, serving the Greater Phoenix Valley.