Sanitation
Outdoor toilet distance to well and house
Türkiye
National minimum: ≥1.5 m from a well, ≥2 m from house walls; basin protection zones require more.
Distances and rules
An outdoor toilet or cesspit is placed well away from any drinking-water source so that seepage cannot reach a well or borehole, and at a distance from dwellings — your own and the neighbour’s — for sanitary reasons and to keep odour away.
To well / drinking water
At least 1.5 m (national min); basin zones require more
Local rules
To house walls
At least 2 m
Local rules
Important limitation
This is a planning aid, not a legal opinion. Before construction, check the local land-use rules, easements, the network/utility operator’s requirements and neighbour buildings.
