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Personjayc001
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Hi Folks,

Been caravanning for just over a year now and visted several sites. Some have a specific grey water disposal point but others don't and when asking the warden or other staff I'm directed to the elsan point.

Now I'm fairly fit and strong but lifting a full wastehog which weighs a good 50KG up to use the elsan is getting a bit tedious. I'm going to end up spending the rest of the holiday flat out with a bad back.

I've sometimes just sound an empty drain on the side of the road and used that but I've had the odd strange look.

What do others do in this instance?


Personmrshorsy
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Hi
I'm not the most experienced vanner but I've never been on a site without a waste water point and would never be able to lift mine up to an elsan point. I guess if nothing available then a drain would be best. As long as it isn't the hedge nearby which Ive seen a lot of people use.

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Personjayc001
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Yes I'd never just empty the water on the ground or hedge as often it contains food matter from washing up so it'll kick up a stink in hot weather.

I mainly stay on larger commercial sites (park resorts, haven etc) and 99% of their business is taken up by statics so they don't seem as clued up on tourers and their needs.


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Then I guess a drain might just be your best bet!!


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It makes me wonder in todays litigious society how the park would stand in the event of injury due to unsuitable waste disposal points.

I think I'll stop lifting the waste hog and start using open drains. I'm not getting any younger and the thought of putting my back out on holiday worries me.


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they advise you to use your washing up water on your garden to save water. but you say don't pour your waste on hedges because it might smell.
i'm confused


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The waste food in your water can attract rats and be a bit smelly. I would never put washing up water on my plants for the same reason unless we were in a serious drought

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There's no issue using grey water on your garden in regards to the health of plant life however it should really be filtered to remove solids as you'll likely not want bits of spaghetti and alike scattered around attracting smells and pests.

I empty the kids bath water onto the garden regularly.


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On sites without a proper grey waste drain, we see whether they have a motorhome emptying/filling area and use that.

Otherwise we empty more often so it doesn't get so heavy to lift.

It's a real pain!   Literally!

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I use a mesh over the little plughole so that food particles don't go down anyway, they get put in the bin. I got tired of trying to clear it out with a wire!

I have been on several sites where the wardens have told me to just water the flowers and hedgerows with waste water, but I have to say, they were nowhere near any caravans or play areas.

I only use a little household bucket though, and empty every day as I have back probs.

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Quote: Originally posted by jayc001 on 30/7/2013
It makes me wonder in todays litigious society how the park would stand in the event of injury due to unsuitable waste disposal points.

I think I'll stop lifting the waste hog and start using open drains. I'm not getting any younger and the thought of putting my back out on holiday worries me.



I got rid of the big heavy waste and now use two Fiamma wastes which you can lift. They hold 23 litres each.


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Drains on a site,like the drains on the road flow into a stream or river.Pouring grey matter down them is untreated sewage and will poison the wild life living in them.

Unless the drain on the site flows to a treatment works i would say the site owners including yourself is breaking the law and could be charged under the river and byway laws.

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If the site allows it there is nothing wrong with emptying waste water into hedgerow etc Any bits of food (and there shouldn't be much if you scrape plates and pots properly) will be picked up and eaten by wildlife or will just decompose naturally.


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Quote: Originally posted by Fat Bum on 30/7/2013If the site allows it there is nothing wrong with emptying waste water into hedgerow etc Any bits of food (and there shouldn't be much if you scrape plates and pots properly) will be picked up and eaten by wildlife or will just decompose naturally.

Not if it is hot and flies get there first.


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I agree with Fatbum, water the garden!

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I agree with Fat Bum also!

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