Gray water: tenters dump it, so why can't I?
First, we don't dump anything on the ground. Period. It is illegal, and that settles it for me. But -- here is the issue -- SHOULD it be illegal in all settings? Tent campers certainly do dump g...
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Desert Captain wrote:
I am amazed at all of the folks here who's grey water does not stink.
What are you putting in your gray water??
Desert Captain wrote:
Dumping grey water might work for you but where you dumped it will reek for days/weeks. I have pulled into sites where the smell was so bad we could not even begin to think about staying... and a big thank you to chucklehead who dumped his grey water before leaving. :M
I go back to the same places often, I have never come back to a gray water stink. Not sure what people put in their gray water around you, but it really shouldn't stink unless it's old and growing things. Which goes back to how you "dump" when dispersed camping.
Desert Captain wrote:
Come on folks, you can rationalize all you want but dumping your grey tanks on the ground is is just wrong.... and you know it. :S
You can think what you want, but it's not wrong if done correctly. Dumping 40 gallons as you drive off is wrong, draining water as you use it is not.
