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Tom_Mary_Lou
Explorer
Jul 10, 2014

Waste water dumping

We have RVd for 30 yrs but have not done a lot of boondocking & none really where there is no dump station. We can usually go at least a week on black water but not gray. Is there ever a place where draining gray on the ground permitted? Is our only option to stay until full & then leave?

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  • Thx all. Good information our kids recently moved to CO & bought their first PU. So much forest land around but gotta work this out first. We are also intrigued after seeing some of the campgrounds.
  • RoyB's avatar
    RoyB
    Explorer II
    Many camp grounds we have encountered have WASTE 'GREY' WATER dump stations scattered around their camp sites. One at CloudLand Canyon in GA has two in each camp road...



    Some camp sites has an outside wash up tub at the bath room buildings for washing dishes and other cleanup items to keep from having to use your grey tanks...

    When using my OFF-ROAD POPUP setup I always capture the sink water and tote to the bath rooms using my two wheeled folding cart and pour down the toilets...


    I have heard from some campers that they carry an empty tote in the bed of their truck with capacity size of their largest tank and will use a FLOJET Macerator Pump to transfer waste water to the portable tank and haul off to the local dump site

    I guess there is several ways to address this problem...

    Leaving the camp ground because of full tanks would not be my solution for sure...

    Roy Ken
  • Its permitted on BLM land around Lake Havasu Arizona. At least it was last winter.
  • Are you out in the boondocks or are you dry camping in a campground?

    When we are in the boondocks, we will dump a few gallons of gray water at a time out an about. If we are in a campground, we will disperse some dish water if it's not specifically against the rules.

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