| Holding tanks are basically waste water holding | | | | the environment. There have also been some |
| tanks, i.e. they are used to collect the waste | | | | cases where the dumping stations have been |
| water and are very commonly used in the RVs | | | | closed down to avoid damage of water |
| or the recreational vehicles. Recreational vehicles | | | | treatment system. |
| have inbuilt toilets and so it is important that the | | | | There are many different kinds of cleaning |
| vehicle should have a holding tank to collect the | | | | chemicals available in the market for cleaning |
| sewage from the toilet. Besides RVs, the holding | | | | holding tanks. Strong chemicals can harm the |
| tanks are very commonly used in trains as well | | | | dump stations. It is important to use |
| as in the aircraft. The sewage collected by the | | | | environmental friendly cleaning agents, usually |
| holding tanks is disposed off at the dump station. | | | | enzymes based cleaning agents are considered to |
| Another interesting application of these tanks is | | | | be the best for cleaning waste water tanks. Such |
| that these tanks can be used for storing animal | | | | cleaning agents control odor and digest wastes. |
| wastes. | | | | Formaldehyde chemicals are very harmful and |
| Nowadays the recreational vehicles incorporate | | | | have been banned. |
| two different waste tanks. One tank is used to | | | | To clean up the tank you must add a lot of |
| store black water collected from the toilet and | | | | water so that the bottom of the tank is covered |
| the other is used to collect waste water from the | | | | properly, this is done to control odor. Next you |
| sinks and the shower. There are a lot of | | | | must fill the toilet bowl and add the cleaning |
| chemicals available for cleaning the waste tanks. | | | | chemical to it. Carefully read the instructions given |
| For cleaning a holding tank it is important to first | | | | along with the cleaning agent, the instruction |
| empty the tank properly. It is important that the | | | | mention the quantity of the cleaning agent that |
| tank should be emptied completely this is because | | | | should be used. Flush the toilet after adding the |
| the waste water contains lot of harmful | | | | chemicals and empty the tank. Now clean the |
| contaminants, if these contaminants are not | | | | tank thoroughly. |
| disposed off properly then it can cause harm to | | | | |