Dumping grey water
Is there no problem dumping grey water on the ground in campgrounds? My grey water doesn't have food particles or grease. It's only hand soap, or dishwashing soap.
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LarryJM wrote:
Everytime I read one of these grey water threads I get a great chuckle out of them. We lived in Monterey, Ca back in the late 70's and during one of the first major draughts around 76 you wouldn't believe what was recommended for recycling various household grey water waste such as using sink, bath tub, washing machine, etc. water to water outside plants/gardens and to flush toliets with, etc. One recommendation that we got into the habit of doing and still do today is not to flush after every #1 use, but wait until about 5 uses or so to flush ... old habits are hard to change once you have developed them and see there is little harm and a lot of benefits in them.
Oh how what was O.K. and encouraged at one time have changed ;)
Larry
We are more aware of the impacts now, plus there are a lot more people now. One time dumping gray was OK because there were so few people boondocking the soils and streams could handle it. Now the more popular boondocking sites have another person pulling in 5 minutes after you leave. The environment cannot process the accumulation. It is like the old Chinese proverb "No single raindrop feels responsible for the flood".
