In preparation for my extended trip coming up in the near future, I have been looking at purchasing a portable grey water tank for use in those areas that designates the van must be self contained. I have an internal shower and toilet but no grey water tank as such.
I have looked at a few and thought about a Fiamma 25 litre with the wheels et al. What I would like to know is whether this passes muster at those designated self contained camp sites or whether one can still be booted because the tank is portable and not built in. I was going to get the hose and little isolation tap so there would be no overflow or drips but just wondered whether this would satisfy all.
dabbler said
10:04 AM May 2, 2022
I looked for a while but realized that at some point it would need to be transported full and inside my tow vehicle. (At locations you plan a longer stay but the dump site for grey water isn't at the same location.) My tow vehicle is usually packed permanently with one-off items, maintenance and emergency gear, so I didn't fancy making space. I added a grey water tank and wish I'd done it earlier.
iana said
10:57 AM May 2, 2022
It looks like the CMCA has amended its policy on grey water tanks. I have attached the file. We have a 40 litre Fiamia grey water tote tank, which I modified to have a lifting handle at the other end, meaning the two of us could lift it full onto the back of the ute. Our caravan (sold) had a built in grey water tank, and because it was a big van, I would decant from the full onboard grey water tank to the tote and cart it away, not having to move the van to empty. When buying our replacement van, I would seriously consider not having a built in grey water tank and just use the tote. I think the issue to be considered is how do you prevent any overflow of the tote tank when it is full. The article written by the CMCA details this.
Very few places require grey water tanks and of those that do I suspect very few would reject a freestanding tank and you probably don't want to stay at the remaining ones.
Aussie1 said
12:48 PM May 2, 2022
Mike Harding wrote:
Very few places require grey water tanks and of those that do I suspect very few would reject a freestanding tank and you probably don't want to stay at the remaining ones.
X2 Quite right Mike.
oldbloke said
03:39 PM May 2, 2022
Mike Harding wrote:
Very few places require grey water tanks and of those that do I suspect very few would reject a freestanding tank and you probably don't want to stay at the remaining ones.
Agree.
I'm yet to require one. But I carry this just in case. With a piece of tube (adaptor) I can attach it to a short drain hose I carry. Actually holds about 19ltrs. Cheap to buy too. If your worried get two.
I made one using the Fiamma 40L tank. I'd never be able to fill it then lift it, but I would only be looking at an overnight free stay where you have to be self-contained so it should be ok for a little bit of hand-washing water. The reason I went for the 40L over the 23L is I preferred the shape/size, it's got the big capped hole for rinsing it out, it comes with the quickfit emptying pouring thingie, it's got a fill gauge (prob won't need that) and another thread for venting. With the smaller one, I'd have needed to drill more holes.
I copied a NZ bloke on youtube as to how it needs to be to fit the NZ regulations. I've got a copy of those NZ regulations as well. If anyone tries to tell me it's not good enough, I will say it's good enough for NZ where it's law, here's the regs it complies with over there, so it's good enough for here.
Kaid said
09:38 PM May 2, 2022
We purchased a 40 Litre Portable Grey water tank from eBay for $69
Mousey said
07:44 AM May 3, 2022
I just carry a 20 litre drum.
Warren-Pat_01 said
07:47 PM May 3, 2022
This is good news considering the chat that was expended on this forum a year or two ago.
In preparation for my extended trip coming up in the near future, I have been looking at purchasing a portable grey water tank for use in those areas that designates the van must be self contained. I have an internal shower and toilet but no grey water tank as such.
I have looked at a few and thought about a Fiamma 25 litre with the wheels et al. What I would like to know is whether this passes muster at those designated self contained camp sites or whether one can still be booted because the tank is portable and not built in. I was going to get the hose and little isolation tap so there would be no overflow or drips but just wondered whether this would satisfy all.
It looks like the CMCA has amended its policy on grey water tanks. I have attached the file. We have a 40 litre Fiamia grey water tote tank, which I modified to have a lifting handle at the other end, meaning the two of us could lift it full onto the back of the ute. Our caravan (sold) had a built in grey water tank, and because it was a big van, I would decant from the full onboard grey water tank to the tote and cart it away, not having to move the van to empty. When buying our replacement van, I would seriously consider not having a built in grey water tank and just use the tote. I think the issue to be considered is how do you prevent any overflow of the tote tank when it is full. The article written by the CMCA details this.
Very few places require grey water tanks and of those that do I suspect very few would reject a freestanding tank and you probably don't want to stay at the remaining ones.
X2 Quite right Mike.
Agree.
I'm yet to require one. But I carry this just in case. With a piece of tube (adaptor) I can attach it to a short drain hose I carry. Actually holds about 19ltrs. Cheap to buy too. If your worried get two.
I copied a NZ bloke on youtube as to how it needs to be to fit the NZ regulations. I've got a copy of those NZ regulations as well. If anyone tries to tell me it's not good enough, I will say it's good enough for NZ where it's law, here's the regs it complies with over there, so it's good enough for here.