Dwight could put one of these on Bremmer Pond and forgo the pvc pipe with the drilled holes and the magic marker stuff. Pretty sure he could fit it on one of his FIVE screens
You can run current signals about 1000 feet. Good practice would be to keep it about a foot away from current carrying conductors, if running parallel. They make direct bury wire for this, which ain't very expensive.
Got a couple going in at a farm up north from here.