My Brother in law and I purchased some property together, and we share the lake which runs the length of it. Meaning half the lake is on my 7 ac. and the other half on his 7 ac. The lake is 5 ac. He is building a house on the rear of the property which is 40 ft. from the lake. When it was time to put the septic tank in, I told him to make sure it drains away from the lake (for obvious reasons) When the health dept. came to inspect the layout of the property, they said he had to drain the septic into the lake! I questioned this to him and he was told,that was the ONLY place they would allow it to drain, because of the way the ground lays. NOW, My question is, How will this affect our lake? Has anyone run across this kind of situation, or does anyone have a septic tank draining into their lake? This can't be good!!!! Please give me some good news!
