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My VW camper currently has a 2 small containers for fresh and grey water. Sick of having to constantly fill up the fresh water and there is not much more room to put much larger containers in. Also I don't have the cash to put underbody mounted ones in.
One of our friends hired a camper recently and it only had a fresh water container with the grey waste just going out a hole in the floor.
I am thinking of doing the same but is this really acceptable and a standard setup? We are only talking water from the sink from washing hands and pots and pans.
Is this fine or the devil's Work
It's exactly what we do. Only really brushing teeth, washing hands, draining pasta etc. If washing pots I'd probably go and empty it in the hedge.
We put a ortlieb folding bowl/bucket under the outlet, collect the grey water and then carry it to a drain gully in the road gutter or throw it under a hedge to dispose.
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We have a collapsable bucket. Put it under the outlet and then pour contents down the drain before you leave.
I'm surprised campsites allow discharge of grey water straight onto pitches. There's always bits of food and stuff in it and the detergent's can't do the grass much good?
You could discharge it into one of those external caravan waste containers?
Or use an empty 4 pint milk bottle to collect it.
One of our friends hired a camper recently and it only had a fresh water container with the grey waste just going out a hole in the floor
This is bad.
Anyone doing a Mayhem at Eastnor park would remember being told not to throw away any washing water on the grass because of the deer.
The hole is probably for placing something underneath like caravanners do. Lots of containers available for this purpose in camping/leisure shops.
Like the idea of using a collapsible bucket. Great idea
We just drain onto the pitch, but then it's only ever a bit of pasta water etc. Washing up is done at the washing up sinks on the site.
You should collect the water and dispose of it properly not just let it drain roadside or on a pitch
Well done for watering the hedges and fields, I'm sure all the salts in the detergents will be doing wonderful things for the local fauna.
Best bit is I bet you all go apeshit every time you find a wrapper or banana peel on the trails...
If you brought it, take it with you and dispose of it properly, if that seems too much like hard work I'd consider another hobby.
HTH
what about yellow water ? when you wake up at 4 am needing a pee - out the tent door or shoes on and up to the loos ... ? 🙂
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You should collect the water and dispose of it properly not just let it drain roadside or on a pitch
- This is the correct answer. Some posh sites have water and waste per pitch but to collect it in a little tank and dispose of it is very easy.
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what about yellow water ? when you wake up at 4 am needing a pee - out the tent door or shoes on and up to the loos ... ?
My caravan's got a toilet, a shower, and a sink to do your own washing up. These camper vans sound pretty primitive...
Roadside drains lead straight to rivers and the sea via no filtering what so ever. I really dont like surfing in other people's decaying food scraps. Please find a proper disposal point, or even flush it down a bog somewhere.
Definitely don't drain on to a grass pitch, where people might be putting up a tent on another day, that's minging.
collect the grey water and then carry it to a drain gully in the road gutter or throw it under a hedge to [s]dispose[/s] [b]pollute the environment and drive off home[/b].
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what about yellow water ? when you wake up at 4 am needing a pee - out the tent door or shoes on and up to the loos ... ?
Empty 4 pint milk container FTW.
Surprised how many just empty their waste water.... Detergents are full of chemicals and salts.
It you insist on doing this at least use a biological detergent. Although even these advise being used over 50m from a water course.
I've a 22ltank (plus another 20l extra) and a 5l waste water tank. Soap and crap goes into that, although if there is just mucky water from washing veg or salad I'll drain that onto bare ground.
Surprising how long it takes to fill 5l canister....
Hangs head in shame. Will use the collapsable bucket in future. In my defence, our grey water is extremely minimal, all washing up and ablutions done at the block. Certainly wouldn't be leaving food debris on pitches for others to camp on.
Roadside drains lead straight to rivers and the sea via no filtering what so ever. I really dont like surfing in other people's decaying food scraps. Please find a proper disposal point, or even flush it down a bog somewhere.
No they don't. Most either go into soakaways or into the sewerage.
Who would have thought a bit of grey water would cause so much trouble. In reality most of our washing up is done in the campsite sinks so really just for washing hands, tooth brushing, etc. I think the collapsible bucket should work a treat.
Our grey water goes in a grey coloured rollable container. Then into the drain marked for it.
Roadside drains lead straight to rivers and the sea via no filtering what so ever. I really dont like surfing in other people's decaying food scraps. Please find a proper disposal point, or even flush it down a bog somewhere.
a) it doesn't normally unless the sewers overflow, otherwise all the spilt diesel etc would end up going the same way.
b) there's worse stuff to surf in than a bit of soggy pasta.
c) admit it, you've pissed in your wetsuit at least once.
Roadside drains lead straight to rivers and the sea via no filtering what so ever. I really dont like surfing in other people's decaying food scraps. Please find a proper disposal point, or even flush it down a bog somewhere.
LOL! The sea is full of all sorts of crap and you're worried about food scraps!
I use a oil drain canister from halfords, ideal and has perfect capabilities to drain into from the output from the camper van 😉
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Certainly in rural scotland roadside drains from most roads just go into the local water. there is no network of waste pipes along country roads!
No they don't. Most either go into soakaways or into the sewerage.
no they go to watercourses directly in the main, and connections to sewerage systems is usually an error
First time I used the van I thought it had a waste tank. Didn't realise until I pulled off from the services in France having cooked pasta and washed up and spotted I'd left some mess behind.
I can only apologise to whoever had to clear up the mess I think I left on the floor of the Chunnel! 😳
Our camper has got a 40L waste tank. Most campsites here in Europe have a camper station to dump the grey water and refill the fresh water tank. Even better in Italy and France where most service stations have them too. If I have been wild camping I usually empty the waste water tank at the jet wash while I'm washing the van. (Don't think there are worse chemicals in it than in the jet wash ).
a) it doesn't normally unless the sewers overflow, otherwise all the spilt diesel etc would end up going the same way.
not in remote locations nor in much of Spain, Portugal or Italy....