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Gallahad:
I have a house I purchase that has laundry water draining into the backyard. frost line here is 42" deep. there are cattails in backyard. water table is high, and lawn is soggy in most places. I cant imagine that there are not freezing problems where the water comes out of the pipe in the winter. I would like to know if there is a way to "hide"the pipe, and protect it from freezing. I am not concened at all about re-using the water, it is not an issue. Just want to make it look nice and make it drain well, especially in winter.

two-blocked:
Are you on a septic system or a municiple sewer? You could tie it into either one.
You could bury the pipe in a french drain
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_drain
I wouldn't expect the water to freeze in the line unless it's laid with little or no slope.
 

Gallahad:
nada, im out in the woods. holding tank is only septic. temps get minus 30 regularly here in winter. how do I fix/hide pipe and not have it freeze?

two-blocked:
How far down is the water table?  Because you are only dealling with wash water you could get by with "leach field light" but you can't build a submerged leach field.
Can you drain it to a couple of infiltration chambers?  http://www.infiltratorsystems.com/   they still need to be above the water table.
To keep the pipe from freezing you could place gutter heat tape in it.

Gallahad:
not positive, but you get water digging a hole 3' deep anywhere in the yard.  whats the cheapest way to deal with it without "looking like your piping water onto the ground"?

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