Grey Water Dumping

as mentioned above grey water stinks. we were do on the snake river one year some years back and a guy from Portland Oregon as most big city guys think,( we country people know this to be a fact) he thought he would empty his grey water tank, oh Lord it smelled like he opened the wrong valve. stink is not the really word for it. so unless you are ready to be the butt head in the camp ground or be willing to camp with the smell, I suggest you don't dump the grey water.

In California, you just might be saving a tree if you dump your grey water. We're still really dry here in the southern end of the state. Our tanks are big, so haven't had the issue in years. When we had our Class C, I would occasionally find a gofer hole and fill it up.

It was permitted at a few Western desert CGs I visited last summer.

Some states environmental laws and rules permit it and some prohibit it. If the state allows it then the facility owner can permit or prohibit it. Bottom line is must ask in every case.

Dumping RV waste water on the ground is illegal in Montana state-wide!
Dumping RV waste water in the vault toilets in Forest Service campgrounds is against the campground rules. Those toilets have to be pumped out, and RV waste water would fill them too soon.
There usually are no dump stations in USFS campgrounds around the state. When the tanks get full, you have to go to the nearest town to find a dump site.
We learn water conservation at a young age.
Many USFS (and state) campgrounds have no garbage service. You are expected to take it home with you. It is often not advisable to try to use the first dumpster you see in the first town you arrive in. You could get arrested! For instance, the dumpster by the Post Office in Hungry Horse, Montana. Do not use it!

I have been to few places where it is permissible...

CLOUDLAND CANYON State Park in Trenton GA is one and they have one of these GRAY WATER pour points at the beginning of each site road...



Generally speaking it is permissible in the NATL FOREST areas unless posted NOT TOO do it..

I have seen a few of these in the NATL FOREST BAck roads as well...


Roy Ken

kidkasha wrote:
I often wonder is dumping Grey Water permitted in campsites, if so where. I have never done it but I am curios

3 groups of men were ask what kind of underware they wore, Boxers or Briefs..
As I recall the younger men said Briefs
The middle age said "Boxers"
and the seniors.... "Depends"

And that happens to be the answer

There are 3 classes of waste water, not two as most think
Black: MUST be put in a proper "Hole in the ground" (Sewer or septic system). nation wide.. in fact in some places if you use selected black tank chemicals you may not dump PERIOD... (Formaldehyde containing formulas).

The next is GRAY,,, Some places it is legal to dump on the ground, and some campgrounds have gray water dump sites scattered about as well.... This is waste water that may contain food particles but does NOT contain human waste.

WASH water.. Basically gray water without the food (Shower, Washing machine, Bathroom sinks).

Even more places allow this to be dumped on the ground..

Now: if the CG has gray water dumps, they are labeled as such, So you are good to dump there... (In the dump pit) they are usually designed for bucket dumping as opposed to hose dumping.

Otherwise you'd have to ask,, and there is a danger in asking in that if you do they may assume you intend to do it and say "No vacancy"

Yes it stinks.. for about 20 minutes until the ground absorbs it. No matter if it comes from a 5th wheel or a Class A.

It stinks and also if you dump 50 gallons and then leave the next person in your site has to deal with the stink, foodstuffs and soggy ground.

How difficult is it to dispose of it properly?

kidkasha wrote:
I often wonder is dumping Grey Water permitted in campsites, if so where. I have never done it but I am curios

in 30-years of travel we've only run across one park that permitted that and even encouraged it. I won't say you won't run across these places but they'll be dang few and far between. don't do it.