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I will jump into this discussion reluctantly. 
We also use the dishpan way of washing dishes-but we use 3 pans. We have a wash, pre-rinse and rinse. We also wipe off all dishes with paper towels prior to washing.

My "reluctant" comment is that technically, my rinse water is NOT grey water. It has not come into contact with food particles or soap. Only the wash and pr-rinse are grey. the final rinse can be distributed on the ground.

We have been putting the wash and rinse water in the toilet for years. It's funny sometimes to see soap bubbles coming out of your sewer hose!
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An easy option is to carry a 5 gallon water container to syphon off the gray tank into the container using a short piece of hose and an adapter with a hose connection (stores sell them). You can then take the container with gray water to the dump station or dump it at the bath house.
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Re dumping grey water in the bushes - 

If the dishes are washed properly, with initial mopping up of ALL of the leftover food particles with paper towels, and then washed in hot soapy water (and not a lot of that), the resultant grey water will have no food particles and only a little greasy liquid, eminently biodegradable. 

No matter where I camp, even boondocking in near-wilderness, visible food particles (garbage) are highly revolting.
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Posts: 9059 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 10 Nov 2016 at 1:11pm
Originally posted by techntrek

One way to cut down on the dish rinse water going into the tank is to capture it in a dish pan and dump that in the bushes.  In most places it isn't considered gray water (thus illegal to dump on the ground) until it has gone through the sink drain.


I saw several comments on this post, so I'll make one response to make it easier on myself...

I did say "most places", I know it isn't allowed everywhere. I do like the later suggestion of just dumping the pan in the black tank.

Also I was only talking about the gray water that travels through the "sink drain".

See, I had my bases covered!   
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 07 Nov 2016 at 4:09pm
Originally posted by CharlieM



 
Thanks, David.   [/QUOTE]

I'm working with an aging and somewhat defective "hard drive" between my ears so, please take this with a grain or two of salt.....

I'm thinking, back in the olden days, campers only had one "waste tank". The change came about due to the mentioned (potential) issues. Perhaps one of our forum historians (who have a well functioning brain) can elaborate on this.


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 07 Nov 2016 at 3:59pm
Originally posted by StephenH

It would be interesting to see how the pump is connected to make this work.



I did a search for you on one of "Outbound's" previous posts:

http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=4793&KW=macerator&PID=46677&title=gray-water-transfer-to-black-tank#46677

If you want something more detailed/in depth, you may want to PM him.


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The SeeLevel gauges are a bit pricy for us right now. Since the RV Digest-It seems to be helping to keep the sensors working, it provides a good enough idea of relative levels for now.
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Originally posted by David


The 2 tanks are separate because of the potential of black water backing up/contaminating things like the kitchen sink, shower, etc. This could happen with the tank full or, potentially, a partially full tank sloshing/surging while traveling down the road. It is Ok to have grey water in the black but, NOT black water in the grey tank.

 

Thanks, David. That's the best and most logical explanation I've ever seen. I've wondered why they remain separate with all the industry cost cutting and our use of dump stations. I assumed they were separate for the times when it was still OK to dump gray water or very inconvenient to dump black water. When cleaning up the camper at home I let the gray tank drain in the woods, but I wouldn't want the black tank doing it. Likewise gray water can sometimes be used to water plants, but not black. But your explanation is the most compelling reason and probably guarantees the continued separation of the tanks.

As for the pump/bucket/container manual transfer from gray to black, it works and can be very beneficial in the short run. However I wouldn't want to do it without the SeeLevel gauges. The technique requires a somewhat accurate estimation of future black requirements to be really useful.  
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It would be interesting to see how the pump is connected to make this work.
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