Waste Water?

I have been puzzling over this one as we are getting a motorhome soon.  Some of the suggestions include: emptying with a bucket or attaching a length of hose to enable discharge into a hedge.  Disposal around hedges is normally permissible on CL sites so I guess those methods are o.k.

When we had the caravan, disposing of waste water into a hedge was the normally accepted process, at weekend club meets.

I guess it would be a matter of asking the CL owner, when booking.

Can't see the sense in carting a tank full of waste water around.

A length hose pipe would seem like a good idea.

Most motorhomes have a tank, it depends what you use your water for.  We don't shower or wash the pots in our motorhome (using the on-site facilities) so our waste water is minimum and not greasy.  If there is no motor home point we will park over a drain and either make sure the pipe is positioned over it or attach a piece of flexible hose to make sure if goes down the drain.  Many CL's and private sites actively encourage you to drain in the hedge bottom especially during dry periods like those we are lucky enough to be getting.  Our other alternative is to drive home and drain it in our drain outside the house.

The water you often see coming out of travelling motorhomes is either the surplus from the pipe or clean water from the clean tank I imagine

Dave - most MHs I've seen on CLs seem to be using a bucket, but as Q says, very often the owner will suggest emptying into hedges - just check with the owners first. Personally, although I'm not a MHer, it does irritate me to see waste water draining out of MHs (or caravans, to be even handed!) as they leave a site and travel on and it's maybe good practice not to do that for the reasons you say.

Good luck with your new MH - there are lots of lovely CLs out there just waiting for you! 

We use a Fiamma tank like HERE  I've seen many others do too.

Half the size of a wastemaster, but sometimes it's use is unavoidable. It fits in our shower, in a storage bag when we are on the road.

CLs will always have a method of disposing of grey water but it probably won’t be the drive over type. There will either be a drain that you can empty your tank into by using a hose or many CL owners are happy to have the grey water emptied into hedges or borders. 

We carry a hose and a collapsible bucket and haven’t yet had a problem emptying the waste tank which holds around 3 days worth of waste water. 

Why not just ask the CL owner?  I'm  sure he/she would be chuffed to pay for the disposal of a bit of your soapy water if they use a sceptic tank.

In the UK it is illegal to discharge water, clean or otherwise, onto the highway.

Thanks for your input guys, and girls.  

I guess its a case of seeing what the options are on a particular site, when there.

Having caravanned for 20 years, I had visions of  Motorhome = no more Aquarolls, and wastemasters. 

We have always washed up, and showered in our vans, Our last four caravans (we had seven in all), had separate showers, as does the motorhome, that we have now bought.

Personally, I can't see the point in spending good money on a well equipped caravan, or motorhome, not to make full use of what you paid for. Even more so with this motorhome, which has swallowed a huge chunk of the kids inheritance. 

We take delivery of the motorhome on saturday, so a whole new camping experience for us.

I can understand using on site shower facilities if your caravan or motorhome has one of these toilet, was basin, and shower, all in one room arrangements, where everything gets wet.

Whatever your choices, Dave, just store the water in your tank and empty it when it’s near full or when convenient. There’s then no need for a Wastemaster as a hose will do the job just about anywhere. A bucket is a back up.