dumping gray water in forest
Was just reading about a guy looking for ideas how to link both his grey tanks together and one guy wrote he never dumps galley grey water on the forest floor but shower grey is another story. Well, I...
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It's not illegal in most places to pour greywater in/on the ground- but it IS illegal to create a nuisance by doing so. Grease and food particles do attract vermin, plus they smell nasty.
Here's how we were advised by a forest service employee to dispose of greywater in the woods etc.:
Choose a location at least a hundred feet from streams/lakes. Dig a hole a foot or so deep, place greywater drainhose in it, and drain slowly enough that the hole doesn't overtop. Backfill and tamp down the hole when finished.
We always go a step further and dump a couple of buckets of cold ashes from the ever-present fire ring in the hole while dumping- natural filtration/odor control!
If allowed, "burning off" the grease/food residue before backfilling is better yet.
Here's how we were advised by a forest service employee to dispose of greywater in the woods etc.:
Choose a location at least a hundred feet from streams/lakes. Dig a hole a foot or so deep, place greywater drainhose in it, and drain slowly enough that the hole doesn't overtop. Backfill and tamp down the hole when finished.
We always go a step further and dump a couple of buckets of cold ashes from the ever-present fire ring in the hole while dumping- natural filtration/odor control!
If allowed, "burning off" the grease/food residue before backfilling is better yet.
