We have only done short trips around our home state of Oregon, so seldom have we used water hookups just run out of fresh tank filled at home with city water.This December we are going to be in Yuma at a park for a couple of months and wonder what the water quality of Yuma is and if water filters are needed and if so what people are using?

We use an inline filter at all times. The simple blue one that Hel-mart sells, nothing extravagant.

kerrlakeRoo wrote:We use an inline filter at all times. The simple blue one that Hel-mart sells, nothing extravagant.+ 1

We have been going to Yuma for the Winter since 1997 and most people that I know buy bottled water to drink or we go the different places that you can buy 5 gallons at a time for 50 cents. We have filtered water in our house in Yuma.

Yuma water hardness is ~20 grains per gallon of calcium carbonate ------HARD water.SO it WILL leave white deposits on faucets, shower walls/door and inside toilet.It is OK to drink/cook with but makes lousy coffee/tea hence the bottle water.Water Stations (pay) are readily available for filling 5 & 1 gal bottles....some even have hoses to fill RV tankIn-Line filter like the blue screw on are activated charcoal for removal of chlorine but do NOT remove calcium/magnesium.A Softener System is needed to remove the calcium and magnesium to reduce hardness. Portable resin bead softener or a reverse osmosis system.We use an On-The-GO portable softener and have to regen it (box of table salt) every 5 days or so.....2 adults/1 dog....to minimize scaling inside water heater, faucets, toilet bowl/inlet valve and shower stall.Plus the bottled water for coffee/Ice tea

OP here.Thanks all for your reply's. Old-Bisquit we will look into a water softener.

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kerrlakeRoo
Explorer
Sep 30, 2017
We use an inline filter at all times. The simple blue one that Hel-mart sells, nothing extravagant.
Flyboy320
Explorer
Sep 30, 2017
kerrlakeRoo wrote:
We use an inline filter at all times. The simple blue one that Hel-mart sells, nothing extravagant.

+ 1
samsontdog
Explorer
Sep 30, 2017
We have been going to Yuma for the Winter since 1997 and most people that I know buy bottled water to drink or we go the different places that you can buy 5 gallons at a time for 50 cents. We have filtered water in our house in Yuma.
Old-Biscuit
Explorer III
Sep 30, 2017
Yuma water hardness is ~20 grains per gallon of calcium carbonate ------HARD water.
SO it WILL leave white deposits on faucets, shower walls/door and inside toilet.

It is OK to drink/cook with but makes lousy coffee/tea hence the bottle water.

Water Stations (pay) are readily available for filling 5 & 1 gal bottles....some even have hoses to fill RV tank

In-Line filter like the blue screw on are activated charcoal for removal of chlorine but do NOT remove calcium/magnesium.

A Softener System is needed to remove the calcium and magnesium to reduce hardness. Portable resin bead softener or a reverse osmosis system.

We use an On-The-GO portable softener and have to regen it (box of table salt) every 5 days or so.....2 adults/1 dog....to minimize scaling inside water heater, faucets, toilet bowl/inlet valve and shower stall.
Plus the bottled water for coffee/Ice tea
olympicman
Explorer
Sep 30, 2017
OP here.
Thanks all for your reply's. Old-Bisquit we will look into a water softener.
RCMAN46
Explorer
Sep 30, 2017
I have spent the last 8 winters in Yuma.

I do not drink Yuma water :E. Reverse osmosis, bottled water or water from one of the many water stations all over Yuma.

Yuma water can be used for showering and bathing but not much else.
John_Joey
Explorer
Oct 01, 2017
As a sidebar note, we've had issues (as have other snowbirds) with pets and changing water qualities. We've learnt to give pets bottled water once we're on the road. Lot cheaper then a vet bill in an unknown area.
joebedford
Nomad II
Oct 01, 2017
Brita water for our pets.

Well actually, they're not pets, they're cats.
olympicman
Explorer
Oct 01, 2017
OP again,
again things all for your ideas
Skyberg01
Explorer
Oct 01, 2017
RCMAN46 wrote:
I have spent the last 8 winters in Yuma.

I do not drink Yuma water :E. Reverse osmosis, bottled water or water from one of the many water stations all over Yuma.

Yuma water can be used for showering and bathing but not much else.

It is also ok for clothes washing. We wash in cold water. Also, will leave water spots on your car. Just don't drink it. Nobody in Yuma drinks it.