Brettski,
My septic is 28 yards from my pond.
I have owned property in the past that was on a septic system and leeched into the ocean which was 110 yards away. It also was leeching into small fresh water pond about the same distance away. The government arrived several years later and shut me down until I installed, either a sealed system that required periodic pumping or an approved wetlands system. We opted for the wetlands system and coral again grew and the lagoon cleared of the plant growth that had covered it.
This time I have opted for the pump out periodically, it is not too expensive and the wetlands would just about take up all of my useable space.
