Affordable Waste Services

Company Overview

Our company focuses on the troublesome aspects of your home’s plumbing! Are you dealing with a sewer line that won’t cooperate? No matter if it’s a septic, aeration, or sewer issue, we have the equipment and knowledge to fix your plumbing troubles.

We provide pumping services for septic tanks, aeration systems, and grease traps. We employ standard snake rooter machines or sewer jetters to clear your drains. Unsure about the location of your drain issue or septic tank? Contact us; we can deploy our sewer camera to identify the problem.

Is there an unpleasant odor lingering around? Allow us to use our smoke machine to locate that bad smell!

Founded in 1986 by my father, Dale Townsend, Affordable Waste Services is a family-run business. Until 2017, our primary service area was limited to Licking County. Due to substantial growth between 2013 and 2017, we expanded our services to Muskingum, Knox, Perry, and Fairfield counties in 2017. In 2018, we added Franklin County to our service area.

During our expansion into Perry County, we discovered another company named Affordable Septic was already operating there. To limit confusion, we changed our name from Affordable Septic to Affordable Waste Services and adopted the DBA Afforda-A-Rooter.

I hail from Newark, Ohio. I served in the U.S. Army from 1993 to 1997. In 2002, I took over the company from my father.