Dirty dishes and grey tank

[BayouLady]

I haven't seen this topic, so I'm just wondering. A friend of mine that has been camping for awhile told me that you wash dishes outside to conserve grey tank space. I looked up reviews on where he goes camping and lots of complaints about ants, well go figure with food particles everywhere. When I went camping, I used the big wash tub in the shower house, but I'm curious what others do.

[avalen]

I don't know of any campgrounds that allow the dumping of grey water, but I could be wrong.

[AlmostThere]

My opinion is that if you are boondocking that might be a problem, but if I am at a campground (cg) with sewer at my site, or offering a dump station, I use my sink, using as little water as possible. If I did use a small tub I would not just dump the dirty water on the ground, but flush it. I would never wash my dishes in the bath house.

[BayouLady]

He doesn't dump his grey tank at the site, but wash dishes outside, leaving the remnants on the ground. I do have a shower attachment outside the camper, but I didn't feel right doing that.

There is a wash tub in the wash house, thats what I used, but yes, I could dump the dirty water in the toilet. I didn't have anything to wash the dishes in. We are getting there

[mitch5252]

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What happened to all your pictures?
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[Acadianmom]

Most campgrounds don't want you dumping gray water on the ground. In South Louisiana I have seen signs about not dumping the water from crawfish and crab boils. I'm sure all the salt would kill the grass. If I was that worried about water I would just use paper plates.

Martha

[BayouLady]

Mitch, I added Rosie's picture and changed the puppies' pic, next time we go, I might change it again.

Martha, I do use paper plates and disposable utensils, but the wine glass, coffee cup and skillet need to be washed, along with dog bowls, which if that was paper, they would eat them. I didn't think the tank would fill up as fast as it did.

[VickieP]

He doesn't dump his grey tank at the site, but wash dishes outside, leaving the remnants on the ground.

That's dumping the grey water at his site, he just hasn't been caught yet. Only one rv park we've been at tells you it's okay to dump your grey water with a hose running it out away from the sites and that was on the coast in Cameron. There is not sewer at the sites, not a dump station except down the road after leaving the property.

[mitch5252]

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Bonnie, I'm seeing the Photobucket error message that the picture(s) has been removed.

Am I the only one seeing this?
Can the rest of you see the original photos?

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[Azusateach]

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Bonnie, I'm seeing the Photobucket error message that the picture(s) has been removed.

Am I the only one seeing this?
Can the rest of you see the original photos?

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I don't see any pics, either.

As to your question about dish water, I'm not remembering how big your rig is. When we camp without sewer we do our dishes in one of those pink hospital pans and then dump the water down the toilet. It does several things that we find helpful: allows us to do our dishes in our rig, helps provide more liquid to the black tank for dumping, and saves on the gray water tank. We've never had an issue with this method, even when staying 3-4 days.

Laura

[MelissaD]

We just use the kitchen sink like you would at home. My gray tank hooked to the kitchen sink is the 1st tank to fill up. If I'm worried about dumping we use plastic plates and utensils but we are normally ok for 3 days. ( Phoenix is not big on water conservation ) Likes to run water to rinse dishes . It's easier to dump tanks than argue... I've learned to pick my battles

Guess it also depends upon how big your tanks are to start with and how long you are trying to go between dumps. We don't boondock so it's not really an issue for us.

Edit: Gray tank not black tank.

[FancyFree]

Explanation, please. First of all, I do run everything thru my holding tanks BUT what about the CGs where there are RVs and tent campers. Where are the tent campers supposed to dump their "grey" water? Do they not just toss it out in the bushes or where ever? So theoretically, if an RV were parked close to the bushes.......?
Just say'in,
Fancy

[judi]

If a campground has tent sites they usually have a place for dumping the sink water. Sometimes they even have a sink area for tenters to wash dishes. I've seen boondocking tenters and RVers dumping pans of dishwater on the ground, and I never understand what they're thinking. Loving to be out in Mother nature, but polluting it needlessly.

[Bethers]

What Judi just said! Many cg's provide sinks for dishes etc, especially those who allow tents. Those sinks have drains.

And, the pictures are gone.

[BayouLady]

just getting home, don't know whats up with photo bucket but I will look at it tomorrow