jnapier,

Like Bill said, check with the local health department. The regs for my county is 100' from the septic.

As a side note concerning properties and ponds, here is something to keep in the back of your tacklebox. My property is located outside the town water district. Shortly after digging my pond, the yearly renewal notice for my homeowners insurance arrives in the mail. GREAT........the contractor is holding me upside down by one leg looking for coin and now the insurance company clamps on the other to shake me down for the remainder. Now I know how Don King gets his haircuts.

To try and recoup some legal tender, I visit my insurance agent to see if having a water source in the backyard, in case of fire, would qualify me for a discount. She starts laughing, hands me a complimentary hair brush and tube of hair gel then proceeds to politely explain that unfortunately, the insurance company views a pond as a LIABILITY. And for the cherry on top, she states that the pond should be fenced. Their take is its nothing more than a big inground pool. I can't wait till the assessor gets wind that I have a pond.

-Russ