Black and Grey water tanks

SkiFreak

Crazy Person
I am in the process of designing the black and grey water tanks for my truck and would like some input from people in regard to what size tanks they use or recommend.
I have about 280 litres of fresh/drinking water and will be using a macerator style toilet.
Also interested in what water storage capacity others have in their rigs.
 

pugslyyy

Expedition Vehicle Engineer Guy
I am in the process of designing the black and grey water tanks for my truck and would like some input from people in regard to what size tanks they use or recommend.
I have about 280 litres of fresh/drinking water and will be using a macerator style toilet.
Also interested in what water storage capacity others have in their rigs.

I have two water tanks, 32 gallon fresh (potable) and 45 gallons raw for 77 total. (The 32 gallons is part of the Bigfoot camper). This system allows you to fill from a known source into the fresh water tank or from an unknown source into the raw tank and then process it into the fresh water tank.

On the waste side, 32 gallons of gray and 32 gallons of black, with a macerator.
 

gait

Explorer
a couple of hundred litres of fresh water and 80 litres of grey water, 'cos that was the space available.

Grey water disposal depends. Sometimes on the ground, sometimes a dump point. Never near a watercourse.

Black I have two 14 litre cassettes (vacuum loo no longer available new). It really depends on where black will be emptied. Some places its been difficult digging a hole for 14 litres. Other places it would need a very long pipe to reach the public loo. Where there are dump points its different again.

Other answer ...

Normal water use is about 20 litres/day. We can scrimp and use lots less, or use more. For two people black accumulates at 4-5 litres per day, but can be less if male pees on the ground. Grey water probably accumulates at about 5 litres per day.

Not a commonly held view but the cross-section of sink has a large influence on water consumption.

We generally see our constraint as being able to fill with water. There's always somewhere to empty.

Crystal ball gazing ...

there are various attempts at "leave no trace" or "self contained" in various countries. Some of those schemes (including one in Aus) mandate the minimum tank sizes for number of people (or was it vehicle). The Oz schemes are still immature IMHO. My view (or perhaps hope) is that at some way off time in the future Aus State or Federal governments will intervene (they've regulated pretty well everything else). Number of used loo paper festooned bushes in Oz is higher than most countries.
 

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