[turneylogan]

Where is it legal to discharge recovery tank water?

[lands]

Down the loo.

[turneylogan]

Is that what everyone does? Heard someone was prosecuted for pouring stuff down down a storm drain.

[spindle]

down the bog every time!!

[The Great One]

Hi

For dumping down the storm drain, i think the fine is about £20,000?

Regards

Martin

[ianharper]

guys

If you have a TM the only way you are going to be able to dump legal is by washing your van at a car wash and dumping it here as they will have tanks below the drains to collect and then depose of legally. don't let the owner see you he will not be to happy, you are paying for the car wash, maybe they add an extra wash package "carpet cleaner water dumping"

its funny how the gauge of the TM outlet on the waste tank is so big, you would have thought that they would have made it so you can put an hose on and then pump or empty in loo? I know it would take longer but at least its going where it should and you are paying for this after all. because if you have a TM and fill up at home your sewer charge will be based on the amount of clean water you use.

So for all you pole feed guys with no waste you will paying more than you should. You can get discounts if you can prove that you don't have the same amount of waste as you use fresh. swimming pool owners do this all the time. I think they fit a metre to a hose outside and give readings to the water company.

respect

Ian Harper

[stevegunn]

Its down to your environmental officer in your area how they look at this.Wheelie bins cleaned on the roadside are a big no no in certain areas of the country up here as long as no waste is left at the roadside they are not bothered.You are better off checking with your local water authority.

[AquaMagic]

Foul drain, i.e the one that catches the kitchen sink water.

Dene

[RAM Cleaning]

I think you still get charged the same amount of sewage on the water you use no matter how little you chuck away, i know the company i work for in my fulltime job gets charged a lot for serage due to amount of water we use, even though the water which is called sewage/waste water actually go outs cleaner than in came in, thats due to it being a filtration plant, and everything in and out gets filtered over and over, if anything the local water company should charge the company less as the water is better when it leaves

[Steve Chapman]

just out of curiosity where does the dirty water go when using something like a prowler that has no waste tank?

 seem to remember seeing a picture of one on someones lawn just pumping it straight out!


regards
steve

[John Kelly]

Steve, a lot of the water is vapourised when it passes through the blower which is running at 8000 revs a minute. The fluff and debri is trapped by a fine mesh Stainless filter. You can see the affect on a cold day when clouds of steam are coming from the waste hose.
What little water does come out can be put to ground quite legally as long as it isn't within 50 metres of a water course, diverted to a foul drain or into a container for later disposal.
Please note there is a copy machine out which doesn't actually suck directly through the blower but has a small waste tank with a pump in it. This would create a lot more waste to get rid of.

[PaulKing]

interesting point my house ( once owned by a eco warrior) has a tank that collectes the washing water ( grey water)  from sinks, washing machine and shower/baths, its then uses it for watering the gardens through a dedicated tap and flushing the toilets. So consdering your washing the carpet, which is very similar if not just the same as the other three in produceing grey water, why not empty it into the flower beds ( obviously no fluff ect)

You guys in drought areas could make a big plus out of that?