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You would need to line your freshly dug pit with a geo-textile to prevent soil particles quickly filling the voids between your gravel.
Check on your local authority website to see if they stipulate minimum distances for soak aways from adjacent properties.Alternatively turn the area into a pond with marshy margins.
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there a 5 foot by 10 foot low point in our back yard which is responsible for recurrent water drainage issues and making a mud pit . I was speaking with a water environmental engineer who suggested digging a pit, filling it halfway with gravel, laying landscaping frabic over that and then pitting soil and sod over it.
basically it's a French drain without the pipe. Anyone have experienced with dealing with this sort of thing? It makes a lot of sense to me, but thought I'd ask.