Gray water dump
This will probably open a can of worms but who dumps gray water on the ground while camping when no hookups are available? Just curious. We have an outdoor cold water shower that we use during the sum...
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I'm thinking a macerator and a sprinkler might be in order. Free grey water for everyone!
In all seriousness though, I try to avoid it but really don't see a problem if it is allowed and doesn't run into another camp site. Also as long as it isn't stewing in the tank for a couple days THEN being dumped.
I haven't done such a thing in my more recent holding-tank days but our first popup had no holding tanks but a spigot to attach a hose to for waste from the sink. I sure as heck laid a hose into a ditch and let it run out. We also cleaned our dishes outside.
I do get that food waste can breed bacteria. A couple things come to mind on that: First, I would not be eating off of the ground that I would dump on. Food drops from trees naturally in addition to the food scattered from the picnic table. I use antibacterial Dawn to wash dishes with. Campgrounds have encouraged watering with grey water for a LONG time and people are not dropping dead of e-coli. Probably because they aren't dragging their hands through the dirt and then eating. You can get some nasty stuff that way whether someone has dumped grey water or not.
I think I read a post a while back where someone wouldn't dump their bathroom sink water because people spit in it. My goodness.
In all seriousness though, I try to avoid it but really don't see a problem if it is allowed and doesn't run into another camp site. Also as long as it isn't stewing in the tank for a couple days THEN being dumped.
I haven't done such a thing in my more recent holding-tank days but our first popup had no holding tanks but a spigot to attach a hose to for waste from the sink. I sure as heck laid a hose into a ditch and let it run out. We also cleaned our dishes outside.
I do get that food waste can breed bacteria. A couple things come to mind on that: First, I would not be eating off of the ground that I would dump on. Food drops from trees naturally in addition to the food scattered from the picnic table. I use antibacterial Dawn to wash dishes with. Campgrounds have encouraged watering with grey water for a LONG time and people are not dropping dead of e-coli. Probably because they aren't dragging their hands through the dirt and then eating. You can get some nasty stuff that way whether someone has dumped grey water or not.
I think I read a post a while back where someone wouldn't dump their bathroom sink water because people spit in it. My goodness.
