Sanitation facility
Outdoor toilet placement rules
United States · Auxiliary · usually lightweight
A pit/dry outdoor toilet is regulated by the state/county health code; the pit must sit a safe distance from any drinking-water well — commonly 50 ft minimum, 100 ft preferred.
Placement rules
A high-sensitivity sanitary object: place it only after checking wells, houses and local sanitation rules.
Sanitary zone
Sanitary protection distances to wells, drinking water and dwellings.
Outdoor toilet / cesspit distances
Pit privy to well
100 ft preferred, never <50 ft (MI health code)
Local rules
Nonportable privy to well (MN)
50 ft minimum
Minnesota Dept. of Health — Isolation Distances from a Water-Supply Well
Important limitation
The catalog is a planning aid, not a legal opinion. Before construction, check the land plot category, local land-use and development rules, easements, utility protection zones and neighbour buildings.
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