Pool Over a Leachfield

by Jeff
(New York)

We are interested in putting an above ground pool in our backyard. It would go over approx., 20% of our leach field in the backyard and the people we bought the house from used to have one a little bigger than what we want.

Is this safe for the septic system since there was one there before
or would you advise not to proceed?


Hi Jeff. I have never had a problem installing pools over leach fields. You could ask around locally to see if there is anything different about your soil that would make it a problem but you will probably find that it's OK. It sounds like you would only be going over a small portion of it anyway.