Holding tank

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Jump to: navigation, search

A holding tank, also called a waste water holding tank or black (water) tank, is a container for storing sewage in vehicles equipped with toilets. Vehicles that employ holding tanks include recreational vehicles (RVs), trucks (U.S. usage) or lorries (UK usage), railroad trains, boats, aircraft, and even spacecraft. The contents are emptied into a dump station, which discharges the raw sewage into a sewage treatment system.

Holding tank can also refer to a sealed, buried tank used to hold waste from a house or other building. Such a tank is referred to in the UK as a cesspit.

[edit] See also