Low Tech ......Toilet/Tank Issue
I'm not sure this is the right forum but... Have a new to us 5ver. All our previous experience was with a small class b with a 6 gallon black tank and lots of driving. The fifth wheel has a 30 gallo...
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On Submarines we have a system of Sanitary Tanks to collect all sorts of waste - from bilge water to human waste. Some are simply pumped overboard - to hose connections in-port and to sea when underway.
Human waste and some other materials are collected in (a) tank(s) and when in need of being emptied, all entry points are sealed and air is admitted to the tank to pressurize the tank and its contents. Some valves are then opened and the contents are blown overboard - again to hoses in-port and to sea when underway.
Back in the day there were no in-port hose systems and we used to simply blow that waste overboard each night between midnight and four AM when there were few people awake.
I remember in the 1960s in New London, Connecticut, the residents were up in arms that the huge submarine repair ship had not yet been fitted out with the environmentally friendly sewage collection and treatment systems.
Seems they were under the mistaken impression that the submarines had "large holding tanks that allowed us to store such waste until far at sea."
They couldn't have been more mistaken!
Human waste and some other materials are collected in (a) tank(s) and when in need of being emptied, all entry points are sealed and air is admitted to the tank to pressurize the tank and its contents. Some valves are then opened and the contents are blown overboard - again to hoses in-port and to sea when underway.
Back in the day there were no in-port hose systems and we used to simply blow that waste overboard each night between midnight and four AM when there were few people awake.
I remember in the 1960s in New London, Connecticut, the residents were up in arms that the huge submarine repair ship had not yet been fitted out with the environmentally friendly sewage collection and treatment systems.
Seems they were under the mistaken impression that the submarines had "large holding tanks that allowed us to store such waste until far at sea."
They couldn't have been more mistaken!
