dumping fresh water question

I have been staying in the back of a Camping world parking lot for the past few days and will be heading to NY around 11 PM tonight, before I leave I am filling my fresh water tank so I will have water when I get to my destination. The house I will be staying at has been winterized and the water has been turned off to prevent anyone from turning on the water and un-winterizing it it may be a long stay so not only am I filling up the tank I am also A 5 GALLON COOLER LIKE THIS ONE

Why do cities all over the Country institute restrictions on things like watering lawns if all you are doing is recycling water through your grass? Or why does the City of Phoenix have an official policy on how many times you should fill and dump your swimming pool, and even THAT policy asks that the water is dumped directly into the storm sewer. I think it was clear that people are talking about a more immediate water supply issue, not some theoretical long term water cycle issue.

We aren't talking about right or wrong here. We aren't talking about science. We are talking about courtesy and awareness of others. I could let my dog******in your yard and tell you you should appreciate the free fertilizer. I won't do that because it is rude. Dump on your own property as far as I am concerned (Your dog and your RV!). Problem solved. I have a coworker that cuts through a private business parking lot with a "no public access please" sign to short circuit his drive home instead of going around on the city streets that takes 30 seconds longer. I travel the same direction home and I don't do that nor do most in my office. Some people think of themselves first and justify their actions. Others think of others first to explain their actions. Neither think they are wrong. All of us fall somewhere in that spectrum and for that reason this thread has become a dead end.

This has been an incredibly amusing thread - which I'm pretty sure the OP did not intend. I particularly enjoyed the "wasting water" post -- how is putting the water back into the environment "wasting" it?!?!?!? Does this person have any clue how the natural water cycle works? Or where water comes from? Thank you all for a fun morning's read. ;)

nitrohorse wrote:

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.

Don't gloss over the fine points. Hold your mouth open 12" off the pavement behind the back tires of your TV for four hours straight and breathe away. (Or maybe put your french fries down there) AND- Be sure you dive through some rain or water puddles.

I'm not really worried about you catching cold or the flu, but the dirt and grit in and around your teeth...If you like that in your mouth or up in the drain pipe and tank, then more power to you.

nitrohorse wrote:

GMT830 wrote:

nitrohorse wrote:

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.

Hey, this is no place for logic.....

....or evidently common sense. I sat here in my RV this morning reading/responding to these comments. Truth be told, I was seriously surprised at some of the responses and the attitudes. Fortunately, I will never meet most of these guys. One respondent is hung up on labeling everyone who dumps clean water on the ride home as slobs. How do you convience someone that they may be over reacting? Imagine how they react to serious situations in life....

So how would you like to ride into this curve on your motorcycle?

Sudden Wet Road

GMT830 wrote:

nitrohorse wrote:

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.

Hey, this is no place for logic.....

....or evidently common sense. I sat here in my RV this morning reading/responding to these comments. Truth be told, I was seriously surprised at some of the responses and the attitudes. Fortunately, I will never meet most of these guys. One respondent is hung up on labeling everyone who dumps clean water on the ride home as slobs. How do you convience someone that they may be over reacting? Imagine how they react to serious situations in life....

so when u hit the sack, pull the plug then, happy-camping

nitrohorse wrote:

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.

Hey, this is no place for logic.....

70MPH.....a bit to fast for my tastes on most of the roads I travel.

nitrohorse wrote:

EsoxLucius wrote:

BigBoy11 wrote:
Where is the common sense?!!

Slobs have none, nor common courtesy.

Wow, pretty judgemental ..aren't we?

This place positively THRIVES on judgmentalism and personal attacks!