I will be spending the Memorial Day weekend with family, so my camper will be parked in their driveway.  LOL.  My fur babies don't get along with theirs, so this way I can visit and we have our own place.

My question is.  I will only use the facilities at night for getting up to pee.  What do I need as far as water goes?  Can I put water in my water tank and just use that for flushing and washing hands?  

I am not sure what I am going to need to do?

Thank you so much for the help.

Now, for some other useful details. Get a good biological treatment for your tank. Never use one with formaldehyde, especially if it needs to be dumped in a septic tank. TankTech's Rx, Unique Products RV Digest-It, Happy Camper, and others are good choices to use. When you use the toilet for #1, it is not an issue. However, for #2, the key is lots of water. Fill the bowl about half-way. Cross some paper over the top of the water. When you are done, add more water and then open the valve quickly to let the waste drop into the tank. The extra water and the biological treatment will help break down the waste and paper so when it is time to flush the tank, it will flush out more thoroughly. Also, don't be in a rush to dump the black tank. Let it get about 2/3 full before you dump. The volume of contents will help flush out the contents also.

The fresh water tank should be sanitized before you use it. Add about 10 gallons of water (no need to be precise). Add 3/4 cup bleach (make sure it is just bleach, not the ones with detergents). Then fill the tank the rest of the way. Run the faucets until you smell chlorine, starting with the ones nearest the tank and moving to the ones farthest away. Don't forget the shower and outside shower if you have one. Top off the tank. Also, this should include your water heater. The chlorine won't hurt the anode rod. If you intend to use the water heater, it needs to be filled and sanitized anyway. Let this sit overnight (or about 8 hours). Drain this water. Fill the tank with fresh water and flush this through the lines to purge the sanitizing solution. You may wish to drain and fill again to minimize the chlorine taste. You can also use some baking soda dissolved in water to help when purging the chlorine sanitizing solution. Once that is done, your tank will be ready for use.

Have fun driveway camping at your family. I've driveway camped a number of times.

I purchased 3 of the 6 gallon Heavy Duty Water Containers.  

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00336SBUE 

Can I fill these, put in my car, when I get to my family's house, can I fill my water tank and use that water?  The other question is, if I do, and I don't use it all, now I have to drive with that water in the tank.  Is that a good idea?

I have watched many of John's videos.  I will watch the dewinterizing one too.  The people I bought the camper from had winterized it, so I will have to dewinterize it before it's voyage Memorial day weekend.

Thank you so much.

Pearl

Insofar as carrying 3 jerry cans of water in your car, that is a lot of work with some heavy containers that you may find awkward to lift.  There is no reason not to utilize the fresh water capacity in your trailer as long as you are not overloading it.  We use a jerry can in campgrounds to add water to the fresh water tank when it's not convenient to use a hose, but we carry it empty in the back of our truck.  Some campgrounds have hand pumps or spigots that are not threaded for hoses, so the jerry can comes in handy, but, ufff, it's heavy to hold while draining it into the fresh water tank port.

Good luck on your maiden voyage.

https://www.thegreywaterguide.com/north-carolina.html - https://www.thegreywaterguide.com/north-carolina.html

New York rules may be different. If anything, I would expect them to be more stringent than North Carolina's rules. When I tried to find information about it, I could not find information about residential use of grey water and commercial use required that all grey water be filtered through sand or diatomaceous earth before going into a storage tank. Thus, I would not dump grey water on the ground.

Thank you for all your help.

Pearl

We have visited and "lived" in our Rpod in friends/family  driveway on several occasions.

Be aware that "most" home outlets are 15 amp service. this means that you will probably not be able to use the microwave or the AC. Take an extension cord and a 30amp/15amp reducer and plug into their outside electrical outlet and you will have power to all other electrical devices in the pod.  Use the refrigerator on electric.

Before you back into position, make sure there is adequate room for the slide to fully extend. I learned that the hard way!

also be aware that you may create a neighbor sensation and have lots of curious visitors. So keep the pod neat and clean!!

Safe travels

Vann

The setting can have a lot to do with it.  On a 48,000 acre ranch in Montana dumping grey water is probably more acceptable than doing the same thing in Upper Montclair, NJ.  Pretty much regardless, it's inadvisable without the property owner's informed consent.  The caveat being that without a couple of college level courses and analysis of the grey water in question, informed consent isn't likely.  Just haul your waste away with you with when you leave and stop at a dump station on your way home.  Not that complicated.

TT

Amen!  This is all a little overstated.  Toxic?  To what/whom?  Nonetheless, It's best not to put grey water into a storm drain.  As many have said, local regulations may prohibit that.  Water the grass?  Probably fine outside urban areas.

Now, the real point.  At a disaster, a shower and washing breakfast dishes uses about 3 gallons of water a day, trying to conserve a little.  Other meals are provided for me.  That will give you about 10 days of storage (you'll know the grey tank is full when the shower backs up).  You will want about half of that grey water to finish flushing the system when you dump the black tank. 

BTW, when you dump the black tank, use the black tank flush liberally (minutes) to get the stickies out.  They will build up and cause odor if you don't.