Where To Dump Black Water When Dry Camping
we will be dry camping on a friends land that is over 1,000 acres in Florida. WE'll actually live there for a year or maybe even two years. The property owner (my good friend) said I could simply di...
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1,000 acres is a plot of land that is 1 mile by more than 1-1/2 miles in physical size and you people think depositing sewage down in the ground in that large of a piece of land is a problem? Most septic tanks and drainfields are only required to be 50' from and drinking water well. Florida generally has a water table of less than 6' under the surface and drainfields in most states are only required to be 1' to 18" above the highest water table wetted sand or dirt below the ground surface.
Some areas in the USA do not have that much soil above the rock under ground and they have other rules. Florida is not one as there's a lot of depth the their sandy type soil especially in the northern half of the state and the OP doesn't state what area of Florida.
My own Brother just 13 miles north of West Palm Beach at Jupiter and only inland 3.1 miles from the Atlantic andjust 13' above sea level land surface with a 3-1/2' deep water table. He has both a house water well and a septic system on his 1-3/4 acre lot and so do the other over 8,800 residents in the same subdivision development and ALL are Palm Beach County Health Department Approved! NO underground sewer lines exist nor does any public water lines either! His home well is in the backyard about 60 feet from his big in ground pool and his septic system is in the front yard. To get the drainfield the min of one foot above the water table, the land was built up in a hump approx 8"-10" high over the top of the drainfield of which the top of the drainfield itself is level with the surrounding land and it's been there for 19 years now with ZERO well water quality issues or septic issues ever.
We were actually there on the lot in Jan, Feb, and Mar with our 5th wheel when they were building his home and putting in the septic, well, and his pool and my Bro and his wife were living in their MH on the lot which they were allowed to do for 90 days max. We saw what was done, inspected, and approved for occupancy! So little some people know!
It's so mind boggling as to how little the posters on this forum know or even understand about sewage water septic systems not polluting the ground or the water used for drinking and why they are approved by health departments all over the country even in subdivisions with acceptable lots sizes. Perking ability is where it's at. Not allowed in jammed together trailer parks or postage stamp sized lots or where there is exiting underground sewer line that can be tied into. Just where do you people think these outlying large lot subdivisions homes on sand soil send their sewage when there is no public sewage system to attach to anyway??? Lip service about something one does not have a clue about show's pure ignorance displayed.
Some areas in the USA do not have that much soil above the rock under ground and they have other rules. Florida is not one as there's a lot of depth the their sandy type soil especially in the northern half of the state and the OP doesn't state what area of Florida.
My own Brother just 13 miles north of West Palm Beach at Jupiter and only inland 3.1 miles from the Atlantic andjust 13' above sea level land surface with a 3-1/2' deep water table. He has both a house water well and a septic system on his 1-3/4 acre lot and so do the other over 8,800 residents in the same subdivision development and ALL are Palm Beach County Health Department Approved! NO underground sewer lines exist nor does any public water lines either! His home well is in the backyard about 60 feet from his big in ground pool and his septic system is in the front yard. To get the drainfield the min of one foot above the water table, the land was built up in a hump approx 8"-10" high over the top of the drainfield of which the top of the drainfield itself is level with the surrounding land and it's been there for 19 years now with ZERO well water quality issues or septic issues ever.
We were actually there on the lot in Jan, Feb, and Mar with our 5th wheel when they were building his home and putting in the septic, well, and his pool and my Bro and his wife were living in their MH on the lot which they were allowed to do for 90 days max. We saw what was done, inspected, and approved for occupancy! So little some people know!
It's so mind boggling as to how little the posters on this forum know or even understand about sewage water septic systems not polluting the ground or the water used for drinking and why they are approved by health departments all over the country even in subdivisions with acceptable lots sizes. Perking ability is where it's at. Not allowed in jammed together trailer parks or postage stamp sized lots or where there is exiting underground sewer line that can be tied into. Just where do you people think these outlying large lot subdivisions homes on sand soil send their sewage when there is no public sewage system to attach to anyway??? Lip service about something one does not have a clue about show's pure ignorance displayed.
