Following are some example photos of some of the illegal dumping calls ICSO deputies cited during the Thanksgiving Holiday Weekend in Glamis.

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THANK YOU IMPERIAL COUNTY SHERRIF'S

WE ALL HATE THE STINK!

Awesome!

heh, I've gotten chit on occassion for dumping fresh water...

Eww....I see Blue.

Were they Mexican?























































Yeah it should get good now.

Diden't see any Corn though

Nah, maybe European, get it ( you're a peeing)?

Doesn't seem like too far fetched that just about anyone would do it.

Not that I do it anymore, (I've dumped grey once 4 or 5 seasons ago) but think about it..... If a trailer has a 100 water tank and 50 gallons grey storage....do the math...

For the most part I wizz in the sand...which is more fun/comfortable but shower water adds up real fast.

so have i.

but dumping fresh water is not illegal. it does make a muddy mess in camp though, if you dont dig a hole for it to go into.

I agree - it's illegal and it stinks.

However....

If you take a shower outside, or wash your hands outside, or do your dishes outside, is it not the same thing? Granted, it's not the "all at once quantity", but it's the same water. I think it stinks because it starts to decompose or ferment in the tank.....

WHAT? you can't dump fresh water? Really? now that I didnt know. I always dump out my extra before I leave to save weight. WOW...

I have heard that of your grey fills up you can open your grey and your black and leave the cap on, the larger volume of grey will flow up into the black and even them out getting you some more room in grey. Sounds like it would work, the only drawback being when you have to remove the cap to dump later on.

Does this idea work? My grey was very close to filling over turkey day but I had lots or room left in the black.

You can dump fresh water, just don't do it through camp..

As for dumping Grey water VS washing/showering/etc. outside, once it goes into a tank, it must be dumped in a sewer system only... Nasty little bugs in there, don't ya know!!

Yes, it is legal to dump fresh water in Glamis. I had read on here that dumping fresh water is illegal, but that is not true...

It is legal to dump fresh water as you're going down the fwy.

I would rather take a bucket and do it the manual way.. Or get a end cap that has a garden hose end on it and run a hose to your toilet..

We do everything we can to put grey into black when dry camping. Use a tub in the sink when doing dishes, it can then be dumped in the toilet or outside. Putting same type of tube in the shower at your feet so you catch as much of the run off as possible and dump in the toilet or outside. remains of the coffee, in the toilet! Makes for a wonderful brew of stuf in the Black tank!

guinea pig it for us, and let us know how it works out for you. i dont think i would be willing to give it a try. i have heard of people dumping grey water into buckets, and then dumping it into their toilet though. sounds like a better option to me, than what you posted up. that would be one nasty mess when you pull the cap off to dump.

i agree with rusty, its no different from being an outside camper like most of us used to be. but once it hits a tank, the law considers it wast water, and must be dumped into a sewer. the reason it stinks, is because people dump all kinds of stuff into their sinks, and dont clean tanks out, and they get that stinky smell in them.

How is it any different than pouring out a bottle of water on the ground? I think that would be a pretty easy ticket to win in court.

hmmmmm. i have been told otherwise from blm officers. i was stopped for grey dumping on my way out, headed for wash road once, but once they realized it was fresh water, they sent me on my way.

law changed, or was he mis-informed?

Fuzion toyhaulers are actually a little smarter about this.. Mine has 150 gallons of fresh and 2 45 gallon grey tanks..One for the kitchen and one for the bathroom.. would be easy to leave the cap on and open both valves to even them out.. Can't see using that much water in the kitchen.

Is it legal to crap in the bushes if your tanks get full ??

It has something to do with the storage of the water... There was a thread about this a while back... I've tried looking for it but cant find it! It spells it out perfectly! You can not dump your fresh water on BLM land but you CAN dump it on the highway! for sure!!!

In the bushes? Yes it is! You gotta dig a small hole next to the bush - drop yer deuce in the hole, bury it then mark it with your GPS for some GEOCACHER to find later!

I added a 3rd valve near the cap. It was only about $6 or so. I just open the grey valve, open the black valve and let them equalize. The 3rd valve keeps any liquid from going near the cap. Then I close both valves. When it's time to dump, I open the cap, and there's nothing there. I hook up the hose, open the black, then open the 3rd valve and it flushes right out.

Ive done that. When you get home you gotta get a 50# trash bag and put it over the tube and cap, then unscrew the cap from the outside of the bag. Than all you do is dump the bag down at a station or your house if you have a dump there. Its a hassel but it works if that what you gotta do.

i see the light. makes sense now.

Cool ideas about dumping things into the toilet. Never though about it. Go figure.

On a side note, a nasty trick to pull on a buddy it to open and quickly close the black tank with the cap on. Disgusting yeah....but it cleans up...funny none the less.

TNT- I like your idea of balancing the tanks, but how do you keep the extra goodies from getting stuck in the pipe.

SOCALDMAX- you are a crafty M-Fer....

sounds sensible.........but if you mis judge you black tank volume.............it's the bushes for you.

On extended trips I take a couple of blue water barrels. when i have used enough water from the fresh tank, i pump water from the barrel into the fresh tank. I then hook up the hose to the cap i have with a hose fitting on it and pump the grey water into the barrel . you can get e cheap 12 volt water pump at harbor Freight.

Don't get caught, I know it's illegal to pee in public so I'd venture to bet that poopin in a bush would fall in the same concept..



Carlos

Whenever I am in Glamis and dump illegally I always run a hose over to the guy camping next to me, then call the LEO's...........J/K...........

The only thing wrong with that idea is... when they equalize you now have chit water in your grey tank, along with the grey water. I wouldn't want my shower or kitchen sink smellin like chit Just sayin...

Do it all the time just make sure you have gloves when you drain it or you will be calling Mike Rowe

Ive noticed that if you leave the women folk at home the grey never fills up...

You've noticed that too huh?

Since the grey water tank is full and the black tank is usually about 1/3, the pressure is higher in the grey tank and the water flows from grey to black. Once they equalize, just shut the valves.

We were just at Ocotillo Wells from the 21st to the 30th of November... along about the 24th, I pulled the trailer over near the outhouses, and took a 5 gallon bucket and drained some of both tanks - and poured it into the outhouse. Chitty job, but it got us through.

Oh, and the bucket went in the dumpster

I think the BearDowns will dissagree with you on this being funny. What would be funny though is if you tell them you did this to them!!!!!!

I just thought it was the noob women that filled the gray soooo quickly...... It all of them?

Not all, but most. I knew a woman with short hair who used very little water. We'd do 10 and 11 day trips and barely get the grey tank getting close to full.

use alpha site logistics 760-352-8383, cost me 20 bucks to re-fill my water and 50 bucks to dump my gray and black, they come to you, schedule in advance, very easy!

we own 10 acres in the dez... i leave my grey tank open all of the time... whenever i use the sink or anything like that, it just trickles out, so the grey tank never has anything in it. The little bit that trickles out is barely noticeable.

What do you guys think?

Letting it run onto the ground is illegal, even if it never hits a tank..

problem solved. good info!

CHIT, I SAY YOU'RE GOOD TO GO DOING THIS. OF COURSE, I MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIASED...

WHY I AUGHTA!!!!

So are you saying you pump grey water into a tank you also use for fresh water???!!!



I hope its early and I read that wrong. That sounds wrong on many levels!

I run a garden hose for my grey over to Chummins camp........it pisses the fishboy off and the grey never fills up.

Problem solved. We need more people to do this!!!!

Sure, were talking grey water here, not poop water with corn in it. When I get home, I pump the grey into my drain, hose out the barrel , and disinfect real good with about 1/2 gallon of bleach

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Eww....I see Blue.


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thats just wrong..i see blue also

i hate driving behind someone empting there tanks

OK, about dumping into the sewer when you get home. My neighbor has a dump at teh base of his driveway that he and I have been using for a couple of years now. He was just recently told by someone on the POA, or city council, I can't remember which, that is illegal???? A $1500.00 fine. Has anyone ever heard of this??? Should I call the local water company and find out before he/I get hammered? I can't imagine that it's not OK. What's the difference in taking a dump in the toilet? Unless it has something to do w/the black chemicals?