dumping fresh water question

BigBoy11 wrote:
So why are so many of you wasting water?!!!! Fresh water can remain in the tank for weeks as long as your tank and lines are disinfected at the beginning of the season. Dumping fresh water anywhere, anytime is a waste of natiral resources and gives RV'ers more of a bad reputation than any of the other things mentioned here. Geez! Where is the common sense?!!

Water is being recyled by being put back into the environment. If you're really concerned about wasting resources, then take a long hard look at the fuel/gas you consume pulling/driving your RV.

EsoxLucius wrote:

BigBoy11 wrote:
Where is the common sense?!!

Slobs have none, nor common courtesy.

Wow, pretty judgemental ..aren't we?

BigBoy11 wrote:
Where is the common sense?!!

Slobs have none, nor common courtesy.

So why are so many of you wasting water?!!!! Fresh water can remain in the tank for weeks as long as your tank and lines are disinfected at the beginning of the season. Dumping fresh water anywhere, anytime is a waste of natiral resources and gives RV'ers more of a bad reputation than any of the other things mentioned here. Geez! Where is the common sense?!!

K3WE wrote:

nitrohorse wrote:
One is concerned about bacteria swimming against the flow in the drain pipe and causing contamination of the fresh tank.

Got a 1/4" diamater pipe that sticks below the camper, 6" above the pavement, inline with TV and trailer tires.

Pull the plug and it only takes about 10 min for the tank to drain. After 10 min how does your theory of unable to swim upstream work?

There's a few microbes in the world and dirt on the highway and tires kicking it all up.

There's 70 MPH wind swirls all around the camper and an air vent on top of the tank.

The chance of some dirt and microbes getting inside of the tank is just about about 100%.

I don't live in fear of that and recognize that normally chlorinated water or even the standard bleach treatment will handle it.

But despite what you think- there's a high probability of a little stuff getting inside of the tank for the remaining ?? hours of your trip after the tank drains.

So using your logic about the 70mph vortex swirling around on the highway, it has to be a safe statement to say we are also directly inhaling/ingesting these microbes each time we breath or open our mouth?
How about eating food in a car with a window open? Or God forbid, opening the car door with our hands and then eating french fries.

wbwood wrote:
I call it rude. Whether it's clean water or not. I guess no different if I take a bottle of water and let it hang out the window and let it go. No, more than likely it will not hurt the vehicles, but it's just plain rude. Pump it into your black or gray tanks and dump it all at the dump station on your way out. Or as others mentioned, take it home and drain it onto your driveway or water your grass with it.

How to you feel about people who's windshield washer are misaligned and spray over the roof of their car and onto the vehicle behind them?

mowermech wrote:
"as for the fresh water on the hwy, what do you people with fresh waxed vehicled do when it rains, or there is a puddle in the road? and do you realize how much road grime and dust is getting on your vehicle anyway? give me a break, there are more important things in this world to worry about besides water getting on your vehicle!!!"

Apparently, the FACT that in sone states it is ILLEGAL just doesn't matter. If one does not agree with a law, it appears that ignoring it is acceptable.
A sad attitude, IMO. Even sadder is the fact that the attitude is likely passed to the children...

Who said that it doesn't matter? In PA, it's not against the law to drain fresh water on a roadway. Many townships in rural areas will do such during local carnivals and fairs to keep dust down. If it's illegal where you live, then don't do it.

Good place to dump fluids is on the gravel shoulder of freeway entrance ramps.
Truckers dump all kinds of waste and fluids there.

boatms03 wrote:
water weighs 8.62lbs/gal!

Actually it is 8.34 lbs/gal. :D

Next time you wash your car, make sure none of that soapy water gets on the street.