dumping gray water in forest

There's a camp ground in Wisconsin that all season campers dump there grey water in the forest.And any one else that camps near the woods also does it.
Never seen it muddy or stink.

We were at a CG in NY this past weekend where the owner asked us to please let the grey water out on the grass as they have been having a drought. :p

I will dump true GRAY water (shower) anywhere it's legal to do so but I do NOT dump galley water with all the grease and dish washing residu in it. Galley water stinks as bad as black water and anywhere someone else camps (or me for that matter) it not a place to dump it.

As to the question about the difference, it's a matter of dumping a gallon or two from a dish pan vs dumping a 40 gallon garbage filled tank. Yes it may be the same KIND of stuff but certainly to a far different degree.

Amounts are very different. If you are hard up and need to take a #2 in the forest I don't think anyone will say you are evil for doing so. One poop in the forest vs you pooping your pants isn't a big deal. Now dump 40 gallons of black in a spot and just about everyone will think you are a D bag.

See the difference?

Tent campers might have a pan of water they use to clean up. They might pee in the woods or maybe do a #2. Regardless their foot print is very low.

As opposed to me pulling up and dumping 70 gallons of grey water or 40 gallons of black in one spot. Tent campers can do it though so what is the difference? A big one to anyone with half a brain.

Not too mention my grey stinks like all hell since we live full time, use the sink like its a home and I don't think anyone would want to smell it festering in the soil.

It probably has something to do with the old adage, "Give them an inch, and they'll take a mile". If dumping grey water on the ground was endorsed, then many campsites would become mud holes. Having to dump grey water at a dump station provides an incentive for people to use the campground's shower facilities.

As far as tent campers go, we do not have showers so there is no shower water to dump. My dishwater goes in the fire pit. If I had to transport every pail of water to a dump station, I would quit tent camping.

Plus, rustic campgrounds often favored by tent campers have no dump station to begin with. So now that I have pumped a pail of water to wash my dishes, what in the heck am I supposed to do with it when I am done? Surely cannot dump it in the outhouse.

Actually, all dumping is illegal it's just some don't care what they do or when and how they do it. For some of us we follow the rules.

I guess it has to do with amount. A tent camper has an occasional pan of wash or dish water to dump that doesn't make much of a spot but a RVer may dump 40 gallion at a time. ??? IMO...