RV dump station Fee - pay if only getting fresh water ?

There is a reason they call it a DUMP fee. Covers the cost of waste treatment or hauling off. Should be no charge for fresh water, but as others have said, I'd be real cautious using a dump site's fresh water. I've seen RVers stick the fresh water hose in their septic tubes. I never get water from a dump site.

Walaby wrote:
....Not sure I'd want to get fresh water at a dump station, even if it is marked as potable....

Mike

^^^ This ^^^

Walaby wrote:
Do you trust whoever is running the dump station?

Or the RVer who used the dump station before you? Some people are real hogs.

You better make sure it is potable water before using it as such.

I have been to some dump stations where the water is not potable

I know I have never and never will fill my fresh water tank at a dump station

Guy

I imagine it depends on the particular policy at said dump station.

Not sure I'd want to get fresh water at a dump station, even if it is marked as potable. Do you trust whoever is running the dump station?

Mike

By definition, a 'dump fee' would apply to dumping.

Never heard of a separate ' FW water only' fee'? Although most often with RVs, a dump station would be at the same location and include dumping waste and filling FW tanks.

Typically it is ?

Best policy is to ask. I want the availability so a small fee is appropriate. Water, hoses, clean up isn’t free to the business owner.

Always best to ask at the location.