Beat me to it! If you get down 18"-24" and the soil is or isn't significantly moister, you'll have an answer.
Besides, if it was a small sewage leak , it'd make the grass greener, not kill it off. If it were a large sewage leak, you'd know it.
My grass is a jungle over my drainfield. I mow it twice as often as I mow the rest of the yard.