Grey Water. How to deal with Motorhome Waste Water

[Stealaway]

But The Water Boards pump raw sewage into rivers in UK. can't see a bit of grey water being a problem..BUSBY.

I know I said just the same earlier

 

[busby]

I know I said just the same earlier

Thanyou for informing me,,So sorry I missed your post,,,BUSBY.

 

[Dogstoat]

This thread is for the general discussion of the Article Grey Water. How to deal with Motorhome Waste Water.

So...waiting until you get on the road...opening the pipe and leaving a trickle for five miles which will evaporate or be otherwise diluted into oblivion...is NOT the way to do it....just asking for a friend...

 

[Northernraider]

Here's a wee photo of beneath my waste drain ....straight on to the drive , not a sign

 

[Simon Meadwell]

Here's a wee photo of beneath my waste drain ....straight on to the drive , not a sign View attachment 652891

I hope a motorcycle doesn’t drive up there when you are away it might skid on the grease you have left behind. Thats the usual nonsense that follows a post like yours

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[Cookieboy68]

With hosepipe bans being introduced across the country ,maybe empty at home into a watering can

 

[Markandclaire]

I save it and empty it when I’ve just overtaken a herd of cyclists…

Mark and I had a good laugh at your response - we live near Hampton Court Palace where there are always a herd of cyclists!!!

 

[Martin How]

I save it and empty it when I’ve just overtaken a herd of cyclists…

I take it you have fitted an electric remote in the cab then.

 

[eddie]

My 60 Gallon Poo (black) pumps to a dual input macerator (grinder pump) as does my 60 Gallon grey waste water tank on my camper, once the V10 engine is hot and the exhaust manifolds are cherry red, the system mixes the black and grey waste and injects it directly into the manifolds where is vaporises it, coming out of the exhaust as stream


Its called Dedicated Injection Combustion, Highway Engine Anerobic Disposal

 

[Winger]

My 60 Gallon Poo (black) pumps to a dual input macerator (grinder pump) as does my 60 Gallon grey waste water tank on my camper, once the V10 engine is hot and the exhaust manifolds are cherry red, the system mixes the black and grey waste and injects it directly into the manifolds where is vaporises it, coming out of the exhaust as stream


Its called Dedicated Injection Combustion, Highway Engine Anerobic Disposal

Yip, quite a lot of them about these days, I think it’s the high temperatures

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[BOBxx]

Ex narrowboater here. What's interesting & also confusing is that all of the narrowboats I've ever known has had a grey waste outlet on the side of the hull for the water to empty direct into the canal or river. This includes water from the shower, washing machine & sinks. The only waste that goes into a holding tank or cassette is the black from the loos.

I've also witnessed the occasional boater pumping their black waste straight into the canal but this is definitely against the rules.

I'm a keen gardener & also on a private water supply from a well at home and, in times of drought have showered into a trug which I've then used to water my plants. There seems to me to be a lot of conflicting rules and also opinions on grey waste so we just apply what we consider to be a little common sense and courtesy. Having said that we mostly stay on sites for a single night whilst touring so use the facilities there and think nothing of a daily grey dump and water fill.

For the record we have on occasion emptied our grey waste onto our gravelled drive at home. As far as I can see it's no different to all the soapy water that soaks into the ground from when we wash the cars and MH. The dog takes care of any food waste on plates before they're washed. By the time she's finished they're sparkling!

Your post has just reminded me of a trip to the Norfolk broads 30 odd years ago. We noticed the fishing had deteriorated over the last few years so asked a local ferryman who told us that the broads authority had got it wrong in banning sea toilets but letting the grey waste including all the chemicals into the water. The organic toilet waste was improving the fishing whilst the chemicals were killing the fish. The proof of this is all the canals in france have huge stocks of very large fish.

 

[Pechris]

Of it does not fall from the sky, it should go into a sewer.

 

[ontheroadagain]

My 60 Gallon Poo (black) pumps to a dual input macerator (grinder pump) as does my 60 Gallon grey waste water tank on my camper, once the V10 engine is hot and the exhaust manifolds are cherry red, the system mixes the black and grey waste and injects it directly into the manifolds where is vaporises it, coming out of the exhaust as stream


Its called Dedicated Injection Combustion, Highway Engine Anerobic Disposal

Also known as Adbrown.

 

[Broadway]

Has anyone tried one of these. Looks like an interesting solution although not much information in the website.
https://www.greywaterdisposal.com/grey-water-filter-product

 

[dazandandrea]

Here's a wee photo of beneath my waste drain ....straight on to the drive , not a sign View attachment 652891

And there used to be flowers and grass and likkle field mice playing there before you dumped all your toxic waste.

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[cyberyacht]

It's a motorhome not a service vehicle for Chernobyl.

 

[ianp]

Your post has just reminded me of a trip to the Norfolk broads 30 odd years ago. We noticed the fishing had deteriorated over the last few years so asked a local ferryman who told us that the broads authority had got it wrong in banning sea toilets but letting the grey waste including all the chemicals into the water. The organic toilet waste was improving the fishing whilst the chemicals were killing the fish. The proof of this is all the canals in france have huge stocks of very large fish.

This reminds me of when I sailed in and around the Netherlands many years ago. It was always said that the Dutch dislike both tanks being discharged into their inland waterways but dislike the grey most as it contains so many chemicals unlike the more 'organic' black waste that the wee beasties will consume!

 

[uzsnowdrop]

Im just wondering how long a thread can run with the same thing being said over and over and over again .
Btw i was up at 4.30 am

Why am I sitting up in bed reading the whole bloody thread on wastewater….. must get out more

 

[dazandandrea]

Why am I sitting up in bed reading the whole bloody thread on wastewater….. must get out more

Must get out more

 

[Ingwe]

Must get out more

…….you mean must let out more.

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[Reallyretired]

Has anyone tried one of these. Looks like an interesting solution although not much information in the website.
https://www.greywaterdisposal.com/grey-water-filter-product

A bit of a daft idea. You filter all the crap out of your grey and then have to wash the filter out in warm water. What do you do with the highly contaminated water.
Many years ago on casual sites and rallies I used a bucket with holes in it which I filled with straw or dry grass/bracken. That filtered out the crap and then I simply put the greasy and stinking straw into plastic bag and disposed of in the bin.

 

[Northernraider]

A bit of a daft idea. You filter all the crap out of your grey and then have to wash the filter out in warm water. What do you do with the highly contaminated water.
Many years ago on casual sites and rallies I used a bucket with holes in it which I filled with straw or dry grass/bracken. That filtered out the crap and then I simply put the greasy and stinking straw into plastic bag and disposed of in the bin.

The best trick is not to get grease in your waste water in the first place. If I have plates that are greasy either the dogs have locked them or they are wiped with kitchen roll before they go in the sink .. don't want all that crap blocking up my hard to reach waste pipes. I'm actually quite surprised how clean my waste tank is ...the previous owners must have done the same as its as clean inside as the fresh tank

 

[Mickey1]

The best trick is not to get grease in your waste water in the first place. If I have plates that are greasy either the dogs have locked them or they are wiped with kitchen roll before they go in the sink .. don't want all that crap blocking up my hard to reach waste pipes. I'm actually quite surprised how clean my waste tank is ...the previous owners must have done the same as its as clean inside as the fresh tank

Same here, very fussy at what goes down the sink, five years still no smelling waste water

 

[Brains]

I save it and empty it when I’ve just overtaken a herd of cyclists…

As a cyclist, I always dump my 'tank' when passing a herd of motorhomes.

 

[Roger J Holman]

What an interesting thread.

At home we have a 'Split system' We are not on mains drainage, we have a septic tank, as a consequence we use Green Fluid in the loo, which does not kill the occupants of the septic tank when we empty at home.

The grey water from the 'grey tank' is another question. Our domestic grey water does not go into the septic tank, it is piped under the road and into a large settlement tank, (so well buried in the field that I do not know where it is), the overflow from which passes under the field, down the hill and into a stream. We suspect that the same happens to the run off from the septic tank, but NOBODY knows. the entire village (21 houses) lacks mains drainage. The stream at the bottom of the hill takes the run off from a large surrounding area; mud, animal waste, rubber scrubbings from the roads, it all end up in the ground water and runs down to the stream, getting filtered through the soil in the process. The fields are green and verdant, and support a variety of agriculture, cows and sheep still only have four legs, the potatoes are good sized, and many make their way into a well known brand of 'Cornish' Pasty sold in many motorway outlet.

If we return home with any grey water in the tank, it goes down the council drain, which, you have guessed it, drains across the field, and into the stream.

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[hja]

My parents lived in a house near a village in Gloucestershire which had "private drainage". No one knew where any liquid waste went! But there was a very verdant patch of nettles the other side of the fence in the farmer's field!