Sanitation
Outdoor toilet distance to well and house
Estados Unidos
A fixed privy keeps ≥15 m (50 ft) to a well; portable 6 m (20 ft), cesspool 23 m (75 ft). Distance to the dwelling is local.
Distancias y normas
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
Fixed privy 15 m (50 ft); portable 6 m; cesspool 23 m
USA — Minnesota Dept. of Health, well isolation distances (Ch. 4725)
To dwelling (recommended)
Recommended: at least 6 m (20 ft) to be safe
Normas locales
Limitación importante
Esta es una ayuda para la planificación, no una opinión legal. Antes de construir, comprueba las normas locales de uso del suelo, las servidumbres, los requisitos del operador de red/servicios públicos y los edificios vecinos.
