Savannah, GA · Chatham County
Savannah event units must stay truck-accessible at all times under Georgia rule — the constraint that St. Patrick's Day layouts break every year. Coastal Health District inventory commits months in advance for March. If you are calling in February for a March event, you are already late.
Typical range: $130–$275 · Written quote within 24 hours of a weekday request, or a same-day callback when you call before 3pm Eastern.
Local conditions
St. Patrick's Day is the single largest portable sanitation deployment on the Georgia coast, and inventory across the Coastal Health District is committed months in advance. Requesting units in February for a March event is generally too late.
Historic District squares restrict where units may sit and how visible they can be; several squares have no adjacent truck standing space at all.
Permitting authority
Portable sanitation companies serving Savannah are permitted by Coastal Health District, the Health Authority for Chatham County within district 9-1.
Event permits
City of Savannah Office of Special Events, Film & Tourism handles special event permits inside city limits, including squares and forsyth park. Historic District squares carry additional placement and screening restrictions beyond the standard permit.
What Savannah venues run into
Venues we deliver to: Forsyth Park · River Street · Savannah Convention Center · Daffin Park · Enmarket Arena · Grayson Stadium · Tybee Island · Wormsloe Historic Site
Georgia rule 511-3-6
From Rules of the Georgia Department of Public Health, Chapter 511-3-6 — Portable Sanitation Contractors, quoted with citations.
“Each special event sponsor and construction site owner utilizing a portable sanitation unit must and show proof of a service contract with a certified portable sanitation company.”
511-3-6-.03(5)
Why it matters: This obligation sits on the customer, not just the vendor. If you sponsor an event or own a construction site in Georgia, you are the party who must be able to produce the contract.
“Portable sanitation units shall be located as close as practical to the highest concentration of participants, observers and employees of special events. However, the units should be placed as far from the food service area as possible. The safety of users shall be a primary consideration in the placement of the units. At special events, portable sanitation units shall be accessible at all times for maintenance by truck.”
511-3-6-.03(8)
Why it matters: Truck access at all times is the constraint most event layouts break. If a vendor tent or barricade line boxes in the units on Saturday morning, they cannot be serviced Saturday night.
In Chatham County, the Health Authority issuing those permits is Coastal Health District. The state Environmental Health office can confirm a company’s standing at (404) 657-6534.
Read all 5 obligations in the chapter including placement limits, waste restrictions, and handwashing requirements.
Sized to the rule
Sized against Georgia's own planning table for Savannah-scale gatherings. These are the counts Georgia rule produces, not a sales estimate.
2,000 peak attendance, 6 hours
16
units
20 if alcohol is served
5,000 peak attendance, 6 hours
38
units
48 if alcohol is served
20,000 peak attendance, 6 hours
150
units
188 if alcohol is served
Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. 511-3-6-.08, Appendix Table 2. Subtract one unit for each sewered toilet already on site; add 25% when alcohol is served.
Full event table and calculatorTransparent pricing
These are published market ranges for Georgia compiled from the sources listed below, not quotes from this site. Actual pricing depends on delivery distance from the servicing yard, service frequency, rental length, season, and site access. We publish ranges so you can sanity-check any quote you receive, including ours.
| Unit | Event / weekend | Per month | Service included |
|---|---|---|---|
| Event unit, clean drop | $130–$275 | Quoted per job | Delivered clean before the event; daily servicing on multi-day events is billed per visit |
Coastal Georgia pricing: Above baseline. Salt-air maintenance costs, hurricane-season contingency, and tourism-season demand all push pricing up, and St. Patrick's Day commits Savannah inventory months ahead.
Add-on charges, extra service visits, per-mile delivery, generators, attendants, and post-pickup cleaning fees, are itemised in the event units cost guide. Ranges compiled 2026-08-21; next review 2026-11-19.
Local detail
Port-driven industrial construction around Garden City and Pooler runs large crews on open sites with straightforward truck access. Historic District renovation work is the opposite problem: narrow lanes, no lay-down space, and visual screening expectations.
What that changes about the order: Historic District squares restrict where units may sit and how visible they can be; several squares have no adjacent truck standing space at all. For event units specifically, Delivery is typically the day before the event with pickup the next business day; large festivals are staged over 2-3 days.
Salt air accelerates corrosion on hinges, latches, and pump hardware is the factor that most often changes a service schedule here. Georgia rule defines servicing as emptying the waste and cleaning the unit, and in Coastal Georgia conditions the honest answer is often that a weekly interval is the floor, not the target.
Unit specifications
What comes on the unit
Verify any provider yourself: ask for their current Waste Removal and Disposal Permit, then confirm it with the state Environmental Health office at (404) 657-6534. The permit is issued annually by the county the company is based in and is valid statewide.
How it works
Tell us the job
Unit type, the Savannah delivery address or cross streets, dates, and either your crew size or your peak crowd. That is enough to size the order against the Georgia tables.
We size it against the rule
Construction jobs go through OSHA Table 1 as Georgia adopts it. Events go through Table 2, including the sewered-toilet subtraction and the 25% alcohol adjustment.
We route it to a certified company
The job goes to a portable sanitation company holding a current Waste Removal and Disposal Permit recognised by Coastal Health District. That permit is issued by the county where the company is based and is valid statewide.
You get the quote in writing
Written quote within 24 hours of a weekday request, or a same-day callback when you call before 3pm Eastern. Quoted pricing is held for 14 days from the date issued. If the delivered price would differ from the quote, we tell you why before you commit.
Delivery, service, pickup
Placement is confirmed against truck access, and on events against the rule that units stay accessible for maintenance by truck at all times. Service intervals are set before delivery, not after.
Frequently asked questions
Months in advance. St. Patrick's Day is the largest portable sanitation deployment on the Georgia coast and commits Coastal Health District inventory well before March. Calling in February for a March event generally means either no inventory or units brought in at long-haul cost from outside the region.
Blocking the service route. Georgia rule requires units stay accessible for maintenance by truck at all times during a special event, and Savannah's narrow Historic District lanes leave very little margin. A layout that works at load-in on Friday can box units in completely once vendor tents and barricade lines go up.
No. Tybee Island is a separate municipality with its own permitting, as is Pooler, while unincorporated areas fall to Chatham County. The Coastal Health District remains the Health Authority for portable sanitation across all of them, but the event permit office differs by jurisdiction.
Sandy and marsh-adjacent ground does not carry point loads well, so heavier units — ADA models and anything with a full tank — need load spreading underneath to avoid settling or tipping. Low-lying downtown streets also experience tidal flooding independent of rainfall, which can strand a placement that looked fine on a dry site walk.
Why trust this quote
Published pricing, with sources
Every range on this site links to where it came from and carries a review date. If a quote lands outside the published range, ask why. That is the point of publishing it.
Certification we can point you to
Georgia certifies portable sanitation contractors and companies through DPH. You can verify any provider's standing independently by calling the state Environmental Health office at (404) 657-6534.
Get a Savannah event units quote
Written quote within 24 hours of a weekday request, or a same-day callback when you call before 3pm Eastern.