WendyH
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We are new to RV camping, and just learned that a private campground in Ohio tells campers to let the Gray Water spill onto the ground.
I know the difference between Gray Water and Black Water, but I still think its disgusting.
Is this common practice at a lot of campgrounds without full hook-ups?
Or is it considered bad practice to dump gray water at the campsite?
Thank you.
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enblethen
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Most campgrounds do not allow this practice. I wonder if their local Health department is aware of this practice. Some BLM locations allow grey to be dumped. I do not care to do this either. This is good way to draw undesirable creatures.
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rolnhome
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Which campground? They must have a special circumstance.
We're in Arizona
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Billieg2
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Grey water can stink worse than black if there is grease in it. That is not right. I wouldn't do it.
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ScottG
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I wouldn't wan't to even camp at a place that does that.
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korbe
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Tent campers do it all the time. But once you start dumping a tank, it shouldn't be done on the ground surface at one location. The ground is a great filter for water, put it depends on the quantity applied at a specific location.
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fla-gypsy
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I am aware of a few places to do this but as others have shared I don't like the practice. It is illegal in some places but obviously allowed in certain jurisdictions.
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phillyg
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Recently used a military CG that allowed gray water dumping. There was no smell anywhere in the CG that I could detect, and a lot of wildlife.
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ridingcamper
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It's so disgusting that i would never go there.
Hate living in the house which is like a box.
So I like Tent Camping.
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tatest
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There is a difference between letting it spill as the water is used, and storing it in a tank to get foul, then dumping 40 gallons of the stuff.
There is also a difference between gray water quantities from cook pots and dishpans of small sinks, and those from a self-contained RV with the full kitchen and bath facilities of a house.
Spill and dump are not the same thing.
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