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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profdant139 wrote:Sounds like you are about 90$ of the perfect solution. Now all you have to do is pipe your sparkling clean gray water back into your fresh water tank and the dumping of gray water problem is solved.
My gray water does not have an odor -- really. It is hardly even gray! We use as little soap as possible -- it is Dr. Bronner's liquid. A few drops are sufficient, for both showering and dishes. And we scrape our dishes before washing them -- for example, I take the used napkins and pre-scrub the pots and pans before washing. That cuts down on the water use, and it cuts down on the particulates in the gray water. I don't want food particles sitting in my gray tank.
Lots of people in Southern California use gray water for watering the garden, too. But I absolutely agree that leaving a soggy smelly mess is just wrong -- in the same vein, we try to leave our campsites in better shape than when we arrived by picking up any trash left by prior campers.
