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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coolmom42 wrote:
Florida is a whole different ball of wax than a lot of the US. Super-sandy soil which is totally permeable, and a very shallow water table. A badly constructed system can contaminate a LOT of groundwater, and a LOT of people get their drinking water from wells fed by that groundwater.
Not to mention weather systems that can dump many inches of rain in a short time.
One complaint to the Health Department will get you evicted.
I would consider going with a composting toilet combined with a 250 gallon tote for gray water, with a pump out service.
You are not "camping". You are essentially installing a mobile home and planning to live there for 2 years.
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It also needs to be said that the good friend of today can become your worst enemy if the system is set up in opposition to code and it falls on you. Yeah yeah the friend might say they agreed to it but don't count on it. Do it right and don't attract attention to selves.
