Dumping RV tanks into home syptic system
For the five or 6 years that I have been RV'ing, for convenience, I would sometimes dump my tanks into my home septic system upon returning home. While I have felt pretty comfortable doing this, I h...
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manualman wrote:
Oh, and go ahead and put your RV dumpout into a cleanout upstream of the septic tank. Best not to dump directly into the tank hatch or you'll churn up the scum layer (bad). REALLY bad to dump into a line downstream of the septic tank. Know your system and use it right.
The small amount of formaldehyde in a properly dosed RV black tank isn't going to sterilize a septic tank. That's not a big worry. Your home dishwasher detergent is probably a bigger threat to the tank health (and that's not a huge worry either unless you got your dishwasher used when the Ponderosa buffet closed down....).
Thank you for clearing this up.
