Grey water disposal

dishlicker · Senior Member

Grey water disposal

brickies · Guru

In Domestic septic tank only black water should enter the septic and grey water goes into another tank which is then used for irrigation your yard , Would think putting grey water into a dump point could add to cost of treatment and most people would have lots more grey water than black water .

madaboutled · Guru

It's a bit of a grey area really (pun intended). Most free camps welcome grey water to be released to water trees, grass etc... but there are some places that want you to retain it (take it with you), hence the need for a suitable grey water holding tank and then dump it elsewhere. If you've been "holding" grey water, after a day or so, it can become stagnent and toxic, so, the best & most logical place to dump it is a dump point.

-- Edited by madaboutled on Saturday 10th of September 2016 05:11:51 PM

brickies · Guru

I agree but down the track I can see a charge put on dump point just like local council charge for dumping rubbish .

OwenK · Senior Member

Hey Brickies don't give them any ideas.

Cheers Owen.

dishlicker · Senior Member

Grey water is mainly from washing and showering and i understand that it may be released to trees and grass areas.

brickies · Guru

Don't think they would be reading this site but who would have thought that we would have to pay to go to the dump , Has they say usher pay

Peter_n_Margaret · Guru

Over half of the dump points in Australia have been provided by the CMCA with assistance from KEA, and others and often installed at the expense of local councils, and others.

Those dump points are for free access by the public. That is a condition of their supply.

They are also for both grey water and black water disposal. Septic tanks have no difficulty handling grey water, but they do object to some toilet chemicals (sodium percarbonate is quite OK).

Cheers,

Peter

Sarge9 · Senior Member

Peter is on the money, single tank septics are very common and take all water.... the added water in the Dump point would be a bonus, processing extra water is just more irrigation/evaporation or what ever process the town uses, solids and chemicals are always the problem.

Kitchen sink water can be a hygiene issue if stored too long, things go rotten.....

Grey water carefully irrigated on to a tree or garden is ok, I am not happy when it is run on the grass areas. YOU might only use the shower for washing..... lots of people are not that controlled or decent.... the next person along might be a 2 year old .....

Happy Travels

Sarge

Aus-Kiwi · Guru

Funny thing is . I often let the grey water out a little at a time . So it's rather fresh and doesn't flood the area. I've had a few ask can you do that ? Well if it's dry as ? Water with a little detergent isn't going to hurt . A few litres at a time lets it soak in within 2 or 3 meters . In dry season I use washing water on grass at home . It helps rain penetrat soil easy . The sun soon burns any bad bacteria . But I don't drop it all before I go !! Don't drop milk or oil down sink .in caravan parks I generally don't run it on grass as there's grey water outlets supplied .

-- Edited by Aus-Kiwi on Saturday 10th of September 2016 10:09:16 PM

rgren2 · Guru

Sign at the Eighty Mile Beach Caravan Park tells you to put it on the road on the way out. Ten kilometres of red dust till you reach the bitumen highway. Not enough to settle the dust.

Aus-Kiwi · Guru

Or ripples ! Sheesh !

dishlicker · Senior Member

Thanks for all the info given again by a well informed group. As we are self contained and only free camp i also release some on to the trees or bushes near by but not directly onto ground, and only if more then 20 mts from river ect. I also leave an erae clean as found cheers and again thanks

Ron-D · Guru

Iam not suggesting this for a moment but a few years ago my brother inlaw hired a motorhome to tour around Europe,and the common practice over in europe according to him, was to park your motor home over a curb side drain for the night and let it go, and drive off in the morning without a trace...

Aus-Kiwi · Guru

Unless signposted otherwise . Grey water is fine . Some places tell you to others I guess close to beaches . Say not too . Trouble there's SOME . Who dump black !! No no no !!