Peggie, Not to mention Typhoid, Cholera, Viral Hepatitis and a range of
stomach and intestinal diseases. All this and more, from a sink of sewage
can be theirs.

Many times while cruising I have come across stupid people that live aboard
their boats in marinas. Instead of paying the pump out fee. These morons use
a bucket for their excrement. Every day they dump it in a community toilets
and then use community sinks to wash out their buckets. Since I have
witnessed this many times. I am surprised that no one has died from their
blatant stupidity. This is the main reason I installed a 160 lph water
maker on our boat. So we wouldn't have to use the local marinas community
facilities.

Peggie, Something to think about. Maybe a new chapter for your book.

Jack

"Peggie Hall" wrote in message
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OK, so it's not up to "Peggy Standard"

It's not up to any standard, Lloyd. Would you dump a portapotty down
your sink? 'Cuz that's essentially what you're doing by dumping your
holding tank through the sink drain. ANY problem or backup, and you're
gonna have a sink full of sewage. Even without any problems, you're
gonna have e-coli in the same sink drain that you use to wash dishes,
your face, brush your teeth, etc...and bacteria migrate...mulitply while
the boat sits...anything you set in the sink can pick it up.

How you ran the plumbing is irrelevant.

Peggie
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Peggie Hall
Specializing in marine sanitation since 1987
Author "Get Rid of Boat Odors - A Guide To Marine Sanitation Systems and
Other Sources of Aggravation and Odor"
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