Where To Dump Black Water When Dry Camping

[Eddiegnz1]

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 dig a ten to 12 foot deep hole and put a 4 foot by 4 foot piece of plywood over the hole. The plywood would function as a lid and decrease odors from escaping because the plywood would be almost entire buried under dirt. The only part that would not be buried is the plumbing part that attaches to my black water tubing/line. The hole would be about 18 to 24 inch diameter. Then I could attach/install the plumbing fixture on to the plywood and then hook up my black water hose to the fixture. Then each time i dump, just remove the plywood and bury the black water with 12 to 18 inches of dirt and repeat layering like this until the final layer of dirt is 24 inches thick. Then dig another 12 foot deep hole else where to start a new dump site.

It's his property, he's not an experienced Dry Camper nor experienced in RV'ing. Which is why i'm posting this question to you more experienced folks.

Can his plan work?
have you ever tried something similar?

Please share your suggestions, recommendation, advice. Thank you kindly in advance.

Eddie

[free_radical]

Eddiegnz1 wrote:
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 dig a ten to 12 foot deep hole and put a 4 foot by 4 foot piece of plywood over the hole. The plywood would function as a lid and decrease odors from escaping because the plywood would be almost entire buried under dirt. The only part that would not be buried is the plumbing part that attaches to my black water tubing/line. The hole would be about 18 to 24 inch diameter. Then I could attach/install the plumbing fixture on to the plywood and then hook up my black water hose to the fixture. Then each time i dump, just remove the plywood and bury the black water with 12 to 18 inches of dirt and repeat layering like this until the final layer of dirt is 24 inches thick. Then dig another 12 foot deep hole else where to start a new dump site.

It's his property, he's not an experienced Dry Camper nor experienced in RV'ing. Which is why i'm posting this question to you more experienced folks.

Can his plan work?
have you ever tried something similar?

Please share your suggestions, recommendation, advice. Thank you kindly in advance.

Eddie

I was living on 3 acress in the boonies once and the rules were so;
septic system or outhouse had to be minimum 100 feet from drilled water well..
Id check with your local county department just to be sure,,though on 100 acres there shouldnt be too many restrictions

[free_radical]

phillyg wrote:
"I agree but on 1000 acres there are no neighbors..."

May I come by and dump my black tank on your front lawn?

Sure,but first you need to dig 12 foot deep hole covered with 4x4 sheet of plywood as the OP sugested

😛

[roman_traveler]

phillyg wrote:
"I agree but on 1000 acres there are no neighbors..."

May I come by and dump my black tank on your front lawn?

Wow, what a brilliant response.

[Lantley]

drsteve wrote:

WTP-GC wrote:

drsteve wrote:

Because nothing says freedom like pooping in your neighbor's water supply...

Comments like this show that people don't understand water supply and how it works. Did I miss the post where someone was suggesting that they dig a 100 to 200 foot hole straight to the aquifer so they could squat over?

You may have missed the post where the OP was talking about essentially setting up an open cesspool covered with a sheet of plywood, which creates a very nice breeding ground for human diseases. There are plenty of good reasons for doing this the right way, and none for cutting corners. As others have mentioned, setting up a proper septic system is not rocket science.

When it comes to freedom. There are jurisdictions that will not allow a private septic period. It will not come down to doing it properly, safely or effectively. They simply won't allow it.
Which brings us back to the point of what is one allowed to do on their 1000 acres without government intervention?
Note the OP is talking 1000 Acres of private property!

[Slownsy]

I did not se anywhere the op said he was going to set op a open cesspool, but under a pice of ply cowered with dirt, same as a septic system. By the way most septic systems are build to be above the ground and the liquid made to evaporate not sink in to ground.
Frank.

[drsteve]

WTP-GC wrote:

drsteve wrote:

Because nothing says freedom like pooping in your neighbor's water supply...

Comments like this show that people don't understand water supply and how it works. Did I miss the post where someone was suggesting that they dig a 100 to 200 foot hole straight to the aquifer so they could squat over?

You may have missed the post where the OP was talking about essentially setting up an open cesspool covered with a sheet of plywood, which creates a very nice breeding ground for human diseases. There are plenty of good reasons for doing this the right way, and none for cutting corners. As others have mentioned, setting up a proper septic system is not rocket science.

[phillyg]

"I agree but on 1000 acres there are no neighbors..."

May I come by and dump my black tank on your front lawn?

[WTP-GC]

drsteve wrote:

Because nothing says freedom like pooping in your neighbor's water supply...

Comments like this show that people don't understand water supply and how it works. Did I miss the post where someone was suggesting that they dig a 100 to 200 foot hole straight to the aquifer so they could squat over?

[Grit_dog]

drsteve wrote:

am1958 wrote:
I find this a little amusing...

In the country that claims to be the "free-est country in the world" a very large number of people responding have already succumbed to the "let's make sure the government allows us to do this" mentality...

Free?

You decide...

Because nothing says freedom like pooping in your neighbor's water supply...

You should get out more! My dogs deposit about 5lbs of used dog food a day in the back yard. Neighbors haven't complained. Of course I don't bitsch about their dogs either because quite frankly the elk eating fresh cut grass make a bigger mess.
(I'm serious. Elk with the schitts is like having cattle!)

[Grit_dog]

CavemanCharlie wrote:

DSteiner51 wrote:
Could do it like the state does it in the state parks here... dig a hole in the ground, build a nice little building with either a wood or concrete floor with a hole and bolt a seat over the hole. Then the only difference would be the hole on the seat, his or a hose. ??

The state parks around here have something like you are describing. But, the "hole in the ground" is actually a sealed concrete structure. Once , or twice, a year they are pumped out by a truck and the sewage is hauled to a local city to go through the treatment system.

Don't ever drop your wallet or phone in such place. lol I take all of the stuff out of my pockets and put it on the floor beside me before I set down in one of those.

Best advice in the whole thread!!!!

FWIW, I'm in the 1000 AC private land, in FL of all places, you can build a little septic system that will work great, black and gray water, if the soil will percolate.
Whether there is oversight that will not like this is not a moral issue but rather a potential cost or not.
Some of the responses prove that not enough people poop in the woods these days!

I'm pretty particular. If not at home or the office, I prefer the woods or Starbucks. Their bathrooms are pretty clean. Most public chitters are gross around here.

[Lantley]

drsteve wrote:

am1958 wrote:
I find this a little amusing...

In the country that claims to be the "free-est country in the world" a very large number of people responding have already succumbed to the "let's make sure the government allows us to do this" mentality...

Free?

You decide...

Because nothing says freedom like pooping in your neighbor's water supply...

I agree but on 1000 acres there are no neighbors

[drsteve]

am1958 wrote:
I find this a little amusing...

In the country that claims to be the "free-est country in the world" a very large number of people responding have already succumbed to the "let's make sure the government allows us to do this" mentality...

Free?

You decide...

Because nothing says freedom like pooping in your neighbor's water supply...

[CavemanCharlie]

DSteiner51 wrote:
Could do it like the state does it in the state parks here... dig a hole in the ground, build a nice little building with either a wood or concrete floor with a hole and bolt a seat over the hole. Then the only difference would be the hole on the seat, his or a hose. ??

The state parks around here have something like you are describing. But, the "hole in the ground" is actually a sealed concrete structure. Once , or twice, a year they are pumped out by a truck and the sewage is hauled to a local city to go through the treatment system.

Don't ever drop your wallet or phone in such place. lol I take all of the stuff out of my pockets and put it on the floor beside me before I set down in one of those.

[qtla9111]

am1958 wrote:
I find this a little amusing...

In the country that claims to be the "free-est country in the world" a very large number of people responding have already succumbed to the "let's make sure the government allows us to do this" mentality...

Free?

You decide...

Especially now that they are back tracking on all the work that has been done to "protect" the environment in the last 20 years.

[am1958]

I find this a little amusing...

In the country that claims to be the "free-est country in the world" a very large number of people responding have already succumbed to the "let's make sure the government allows us to do this" mentality...

Free?

You decide...