Slow Drain on the gray water tank - RV-Dreams Community Forum

Camper Chronicles · RV-Dreams Family Member

Slow Drain on the gray water tank

Clay L · RV-Dreams Family Member

When this subject is mentioned usually the hazardous waste folks that really don't know much come out in force to decry it and forecast environmental doom.

I have two RV sites set up next my house and most friends that visit run a garden hose from a hose fitting on the waste dump bayonet cover out to a small gravel filled pit close to the sites. The gray water harmlessly filters into the ground. There is no odor.

I have a macerator and 1 inch buried PVC pipe that goes about 120 feet to a sewer clean out in my back yard. That is used for black water. Most folks only need to dump black every ten to 14 days as opposed to every 3 to 5 days for gray.

Barbaraok · RV-Dreams Family Member

The quick answer is that while you and I would only drain the gray, there are those who will just do both. Just takes s couple of idiots to ruin it for everyone else

Workinrvers · RV-Dreams Family Member

years ago when I was a little boy ...... OK years and years ago

...... I remember my Dad catching our grey water in a small bucket and then tossing the contents out into the weeds once it got full. We camped at State Parks most of the time and this was their rules. Some people even drilled holes in the bottom of a plastic bucket so it would drain through and they wouldn't have to empty it as often. Black water was disposed of at the dump station on your way out of the campground. We did it this way for many years before the rules/etiquette changed.

Phil