§ 74-131. Location.  


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  • The disposal field for the handling of the effluent of a septic tank shall be at least 75 feet from any well and at least ten feet from any building. In addition, the seepage tile shall be at least 25 feet from any ditch, stream, body of water, or farm drain tile. The edge of a lateral ditch in a disposal field shall not be closer than 25 feet to a water line under pressure. Within special flood hazard areas sewage systems must be designed to minimize or eliminate infiltration of floodwaters into the systems and discharges from the systems into floodwaters.

(Code 1979, § 21-71)