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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Francesca Knowles wrote:
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.
bcsslc wrote:
Same here. I will usually put our camp fire out with about 4-5 gallons of GW at the end of the night. Really it's the best of both worlds.
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