Thanks everybody. That's more than I can digest and respond to all at once. I'll probably be back with more questions once I chase down the info and links you've provided.
I did fill in over the settled trenches, and water does not sit there (one of the few places that actually slopes a little in my yard). Ground water is very high around here, digging 2-3 feet deep normally gets muddy (depending on the time of year, there is standing water in many fields now).
I'm going to run the washer and maybe the water softener out somewhere other than the septic for the short term, to buy some time to find an expert and get a better system designed.
Thanks especially for the link to the code. It's pretty general, but doesn't seem to allow the "gravel-less tile" the last guy put in. I'm also unsure if the drain tile around the footings goes into the septic. I would hope it doesn't, but I can't find anywhere else it comes out either. One of the down spouts went into that drain tile when I moved in, but I routed that out into the yard years ago. The water softener goes to the floor drains in the basement, which I now know go to the septic tank. I suspect that the salt is hard on the drainfield so I'm trying to figure a short term plan to send that out a basement window and far enough to get to the gravel barnyard (and away from my trees) as well as a longer term plan to send that elsewhere so as to not ruin a new drainfield if/when I go that route.
Does anybody have an expert to recommend in eastern south dakota or south-western minnesota?
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