Where to dump the dirty water?

I have found that it is recommended you dump dirty water on lawns or plants in cities or states where there are laws against dumping into drains.
 
We have a big problem with that as well I've been written up by my HO association so many times. I just argue that what they spray on their lawns is far worse than the contents of my bucket which normally evaporates before it reaches the storm drain 3 houses down.
 
I to use the neighbors grass, Makes for a great spot to dump my wet vac too. dont forget to revisit that spot, and bring your bath water next time. Hell start bringing your household trash. TANJENTMAN!
 
I too use the neighbors grass, makes for a great spot to dump my wet vac too. Dont forget to revisit that spot, and bring your bath water next time, hell start bringing your household trash. TANJENTMAN !
 
The soap and what not is actually good for the grass. My uncle who is a gardner washed his car one day and dumped it in his grass and said it was what made his grass greener LOL. I know for a fact that once the water goes through 3 feet of soil it is clean enough to drink again. Besides me grass tends to like Meg's Gold class over ONR
 
Those of you that hate what Cali does to prevent pollution and benefit your safety just hang around. It's coming to a state near you sooner than you think. No matter where you live, when you dump it in the street it will eventually make it to the ocean. Feeding it to the fish is like feeding it to yourself. It's pretty simple to pour it in the grass or dispose of it properly so that it's treated.





/soapbox
 
A biodegradable soap will break down very close to the surface and never make it to the water table. Particulates will be filtered by (and remain in) the soil.





PC.
 
Please don't dump anything on hard surfaces... driveways, streets, parking lots... in Florida. Goes straight to our waterways. My plants and grass seem to thrive on wash water. Phosphates? :nixweiss
 
Suncreen sprays and lotions contribute more to the pollution of our oceans, not to mention industrial factories, than any dirty bucket water ever would. Regardless, that just doesn't sound reasonable at all to me. Do you mean to say that they don't even have coin-op or automated car washes anywhere there either? All that water just runs off into the street too from what I've seen.
 
ENVYMYZ said:
Neighbors lawn.
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Aaw, that's a bit naughty. ;)



MCWD said:
Just make sure that your not dumping harmful chemicals.
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For sure!!!



Run off from my driveway goes onto the garden, the roses and the grass love it, especially in the Summer when they're parched. Been doing this for years, no problems, thus far.
 
MikeWinLDS said:
Suncreen sprays and lotions contribute more to the pollution of our oceans, not to mention industrial factories, than any dirty bucket water ever would. Regardless, that just doesn't sound reasonable at all to me. Do you mean to say that they don't even have coin-op or automated car washes anywhere there either? All that water just runs off into the street too from what I've seen.
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Come on Mike! Join the 21st century. LOL I'm not a biologist, or an eco-freak, but I am a diver, fisherman and sea-kayaker.



I grew up in Pennsylvania in the '60s. You could probably light Lake Erie with one match in those days. Today, you can see the bottom at about 30 feet. Walleyes and salmon have returned. Lake Erie is absolutely beautiful today. This cleanup was accomplished by holding the big industrial polluters accountable and by plugging as many little pollution sources as possible.



Jacques Cousteau pioneered scuba diving in the 1940's. He was an active diver and explorer until the early 1990's. Cousteau documents the pollution caused destruction of several marine ecosystems around the world that had occurred within his career. That's a very scary commentary. We've occupied the planet for tens of millions of years and screwed it up in about fifty.



I know that I could certainly do more to help the cause. (I drive a 3/4 ton truck, for God's sake!) But how tough is it to keep our soap out of the storm drains?
 
C'mon guys, this isn't really that difficult or back-breaking, dump the water in the slop sink in your basement, or other inside drain, which is sanitary sewer and processed by the sewage treatment plant before it goes to the fishies.



MikeWinLDS said:
Do you mean to say that they don't even have coin-op or automated car washes anywhere there either? All that water just runs off into the street too from what I've seen.
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Maybe in Arizona(?), but in most places automated car washes recycle the water as I'm sure many coin-ops do as well. "From what I've seen" car washes have drains in the floor, and if it's not recycled, it's going to the sanitary sewer, not "in the street" or the storm drain.
 
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