First winter in Yuma "Water quality"?
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...
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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
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
