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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I just keep getting consumed by the vast foolishness and ignorance of some of the people commenting on this thread. (note that ignorance isn't necessarily a bad thing...and its much different than stupidity)
I work in the environmental industry and see exactly what happens first hand. You know, there are many places that legally dispose of their sludge through land application techniques. Yes, sludge is a general term, but just imagine a great big basin full of feces and water (most of the trash has been filtered out). Land application is also a general term, but just imagine a truck driving out into a field and dumping the sludge on top of the ground. Yes, this happens...and yes, its very legal (when permitted). Happens all the time here in FL. I often wonder how the neighbors feel about their local sewage plant dumping sludge on the ground in their theoretical watershed. Sometimes, there are local farmers who get paid to allow the treatment plant to dump on their property because, well, that's some good fertilizer.
So before anyone gets all worked up about an RV'er dumping his poop on the ground or in a hole...oh wait...too late...
I work in the environmental industry and see exactly what happens first hand. You know, there are many places that legally dispose of their sludge through land application techniques. Yes, sludge is a general term, but just imagine a great big basin full of feces and water (most of the trash has been filtered out). Land application is also a general term, but just imagine a truck driving out into a field and dumping the sludge on top of the ground. Yes, this happens...and yes, its very legal (when permitted). Happens all the time here in FL. I often wonder how the neighbors feel about their local sewage plant dumping sludge on the ground in their theoretical watershed. Sometimes, there are local farmers who get paid to allow the treatment plant to dump on their property because, well, that's some good fertilizer.
So before anyone gets all worked up about an RV'er dumping his poop on the ground or in a hole...oh wait...too late...
