grey water holding tank upgrade

[cpjrob]

my 2004 palomino mustang pop up has a very small holding tank for the grey water(toliet-shower-sink)what would you suggest so we can upgrade to larger holding tank and make disposal of the grey water alot easier and wont cost us too much money?

[AustinBoston]

my 2004 palomino mustang pop up has a very small holding tank for the grey water(toliet-shower-sink)what would you suggest so we can upgrade to larger holding tank and make disposal of the grey water alot easier and wont cost us too much money?

Important point: Toilet and shower water is BLACK water, not grey.  If the system is connected to the toilet or the shower, it's a black water system.

Austin

[TheBlacksmith]

I'm under the impression that 'black water' does not include any bathing water.
"Greywater, sometimes spelled graywater, grey water or gray water and also known as sullage, is non-industrial wastewater generated from domestic processes such as washing dishes, laundry and bathing. Greywater comprises 50-80% of residential wastewater".

This from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackwater_%28waste%29

What I did was just purchase a 35 gal Barker 4-wheel tank and plumb my shower and sinks into it. Then just hitch it to the truck when time to empty.

Danny

[AustinBoston]

I'm under the impression that 'black water' does not include any bathing water.
"Greywater, sometimes spelled graywater, grey water or gray water and also known as sullage, is non-industrial wastewater generated from domestic processes such as washing dishes, laundry and bathing. Greywater comprises 50-80% of residential wastewater".

This from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackwater_%28waste%29

What I did was just purchase a 35 gal Barker 4-wheel tank and plumb my shower and sinks into it. Then just hitch it to the truck when time to empty.

Danny

The correct URL is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greywater

That site also says:
[INDENT]'Greywater' (by pure legal definition) is considered in most jurisdictions to be 'Sewage' (all wastewater including greywater and toilet waste) and under that definition greywater is commonly bound by the same regulatory procedures enacted to ensure properly engineered septic tank and effluent disposal systems are installed for long system life and to control spread of disease and pollution. [/INDENT]

Austin

[TheBlacksmith]

The correct URL is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greywater

That site also says:
[INDENT]'Greywater' (by pure legal definition) is considered in most jurisdictions to be 'Sewage' (all wastewater including greywater and toilet waste) and under that definition greywater is commonly bound by the same regulatory procedures enacted to ensure properly engineered septic tank and effluent disposal systems are installed for long system life and to control spread of disease and pollution. [/INDENT]

Austin

Yeah, sorry about the incorrect url... so, by this consideration, even our sink water can be considered 'sewage' but that's not my issue/question. I realize that this (greywater being considered sewage) is the reason that we don't just drain our greywater on the ground. However, I do think there is a distinct difference in greywater (washing dishes, laundry and bathing) and blackwater (toilet use). And since we use a lot more water for the purposes of dishes/bathing, our plumbing is dedicated as a greywater system via use of the Barker which has decreased the number of trips to dump station.