How do you dispose of your saltwater?

[king_neptune]

curious if you dump it outside?
---does it poison your back yard?
Do you dump it in the sink?
---is it bad for the septic system?

 

[t316]

I put a drain in the floor below the tank, drain leads outside the house where it is connected to a gutter, and gutter is piped below ground leading out to the woods.

 

[king_neptune]

so i take it saltwater dumping in your own sink is bad.

 

[deejeff442]

i dump mine in the back yard.
it doesnt seem to bother the grass.
i talked to the septic guy where he was here and he said it will mess up the bio in the system.

 

[sepulatian]

I dump mine in the yard as well.

 

[culp]

i pour it down the drain.

 

[t316]

Originally Posted by King_Neptune
http:///forum/post/3065198
so i take it saltwater dumping in your own sink is bad.
Large amounts of salt will kill grass, can damage concrete, as well as mess up your septic (technically), but generally we are not dumping out hugh quantities at the time so there is very minimum impact. No worries...

I send mine to the woods because, I can. I designed this in when I built the house, and also, my water changes average 25 - 30 gals at a time, more than most people.

 

[nordy]

Originally Posted by Culp
http:///forum/post/3065202
i pour it down the drain.

me too-it ends up in the ocean anyway where it's pretty salty.

 

[teresaq]

down the sink. I talked to our septic guy and he said it was fine
T

 

[robertmathern]

I dump mine in the back yard and the grass grows like crazy there

 

[fishkid13]

Pay the kid next door $10 to chug it all down.

 

[t316]

Originally Posted by robertmathern
http:///forum/post/3065220
I dump mine in the back yard and the grass grows like crazy there
It's the fish poop (fertilizer)

 

[fishkid13]

Originally Posted by T316
http:///forum/post/3065222
It's the fish poop (fertilizer)

So that is why he is always sick.

 

[t316]

Originally Posted by fishkid13
http:///forum/post/3065225
So that is why he is always sick.
Who's "he", the cat

 

[nanomantis]

Have you ever heard of 'salting the earth'? If you dump saltwater in the same location and it isnt washed away, after a period of time nothing will be able to grow there.
I dump it in the toilet.

 

[spanko]

Gravel "pad" where I store the boat and trailer.

 

[socalnano24]

I dump it down the toilet then flush (non septic)

 

[meowzer]

LOL...depends on the tank
54g out the window into yard
29g into a bucket and then down the toilet (septic)
225g run a line into the laundry drain...(so septic also)

 

[cranberry]

Originally Posted by meowzer
http:///forum/post/3065320
54g out the window into yard
I bet you get odd looks from your neighbours.
When I lived in an apartment I would drain the water through a piping system to a bucket on the balcony. At night it would pump over the balcony. After 10 years of doing this the grass wasn't growing there so well.

 

[groupergenius]

I pour mine around our Palm trees. They seem to like it.