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Wednesday, April 2, 2008

Arizona RV Sewer Law All Hosed Up

We pulled into a Passport America RV park in Benson, Arizona for an overnight stay. The owner pointed out that if I chose to deploy my sewer line it had to be elevated off the ground and connected with an air tight fitting leading into the sewer drain. He told me it was an Arizona law that was passed a few years ago but had not been enforced until recently. He pointed to this sign on the wall and told me that an RVer at a nearby Escapee park had received a $400.00 fine for not properly deploying his sewer hose. When overnighting it I generally don't deploy the sewer hose until I dump in the morning so it didn't effect me. Poking around on the internet I discovered it is also a law in Florida. However, I couldn't find information to collaborate whether this is an actual state law. If you know of other states where this is an actual requirement and also happen to know the legal code or statute number for this law please click on the blue "comments" link below and tell us. I'm awaiting an email reply from the Arizona Secretary of State to clarify this issue and I will post an update here when I receive an answer. Trying to stay RV legal in the lower 48 - Jim Twamley, Professor of RVing

7 Comments:

  • Wow. I'm very interested in what you find out, including anything you might find out about Florida. We use a "sewer solution", 1 inch hose for the express purpose of not needing a sewer support. Thank you for the informative news and good luck pursuing the followup answers.

    By Anonymous Reid Rust, at April 2, 2008 6:01:00 AM PDT  

  • For the last 5 years of camping in Maine we have been informed that we need to follow this proceedure as it a state law. We don't have a problem with this as it is a more efficient way of dumping said waste. We are all for a cleaner way of camping,as I just returned from a NASCAR race in VIRGINIA where I witnessed Low Lifes dumping raw sewage to get around the cost of proper dumping.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at April 2, 2008 11:10:00 AM PDT  

  • We've been to a lot of states on our road trip, and not one has forced us to use the centipede thingy. Not in Maine, or in Florida, although some friends told us that they got harassed in there.

    Just because we don't have the extra gadgets doesn't mean that when we hook up we are unsanitary. We just have very limited space in our rig and choose not to carry more cheap plastic junk.

    By Blogger LiveWorkDream, at April 2, 2008 8:02:00 PM PDT  

  • We are currently camped at an Arizona state park not too far from Benson. There is no information regarding this "law" or requirement posted at the park. Only hosts sites have sewer connections but there is also no info posted at the park's dump station.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at April 19, 2008 7:44:00 AM PDT  

  • Just came back from a 6K road trip in our '05 Pleasure-Way. Went thru all the southern states including Florida and never was told or saw any signs re. any sewer/dumping "laws" stayed in Disney World for 6 nites, no problems there or anywhere.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at April 19, 2008 8:15:00 AM PDT  

  • At the Grand Canyon Rail Road Campground in Williams, AZ, they enforce this regulation.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at April 22, 2008 1:19:00 PM PDT  

  • I've spent the last winter in Florida and stayed in several campgrounds. In several of them I read a sign that Florida law, states that sewer hoses must be air tight, either with a donut or other screw on connectors.

    Jacmat

    By Anonymous jacmat, at April 23, 2008 9:56:00 AM PDT  

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