cruiserjs wrote:

Nopw all you ranters can argue!
here is what one state says (pirated from another forum/thread);
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" HEALTH CONCERNS

"Properly treated and continuously monitored gray water can be a valuable and safe resource for landscape irrigation. However, ignoring problems and not checking the system periodically can lead to human health and maintenance difficulties. Misused gray water can spread typhoid fever, dysentery, hepatitis and other bacterial and viral problems.

Disinfection is critical for gray water held more than 3 hours. Health hazards--especially with eye contact-- are present in dissolved and suspended organic material and detergents."

Gray water held more than 3 hours must be disinfected because it contains more harmful bacteria than sewage does. A chlorine concentration of 0.5 ppm will disinfect gray water. As gray water is held overnight or longer, the chlorine slowly moves out of solution. The chlorine in laundry wastewater is too dilute to disinfect a gray-water holding tank." end quote

The key is gray water held for more than 3 hours. There is a lot of difference in using the water in a dishpan and then tossing in out....versus let it ferment in a holding tank for several days.

Those handy with web search - look sup this subject on the EPA web site.

The moral - please don't do it! - Find and use a dump station.

bill h wrote:



Makes sense, but do you think a ranger or whatever would buy it?