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:
I like bigdogger's solution -- I will just run my gray water through my Brita charcoal filter! ;)
You think you're kidding, but:
I drycamp almost exclusively and use drinking water very sparingly. Greywater is thus generated in pretty small amounts, and where fires are permitted my preferred disposal method is to pour it into the ever-present long used fire "pit".
There can/could be no better place for proper "treatment" due to the huge layer of ashes that serve for filtration, and fire itself takes care of any bits of food/grease/whatever may be present in the greywater.
