Water Filter Advise
The wife thinks she need and under the counter,canister type water filter. We use the camper 10 to 12 times a years ,with some full hook ups ,but mostly dry camping. I feel that if you are'nt using th...
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JBarca wrote:
That said, were you camping in an area that was high in iron? This is total speculation but there may be “something” stuck to the screen and then a high iron source came through and attached to the stuck something. Does it smell like iron or foul something? This one I do not know. I would for sure do a good sanitize of the camper come spring when you start using it again.
John
More interesting info. thank you. This is all a lot to digest and mull over and I'm going to print out this thread and some of the info. in the links to study. You could be correct about the filter I bought clogging up too quickly. A sediment pre-filter might be a good idea.
We normally weekend regularly in the same CG in Birch Bay, Wa. I am pretty certain that they are on a local municipal water system and we have not had any problems there. We spent 2 weeks on the west coast of Washington state last summer. I would have to guess that their water supply is either by an on-site well or maybe a community well(s) and if there was anywhere that the iron was high, I would say it was there. The CG had a swamp/wetland in it too. It's interesting that the deposits are only on the 2nd strainer. Perhaps the screens are different metal? No odor but then it's been a few months now. I wonder if it's iron bacteria or something that feeds on iron? If it is iron bacteria, it's not a health risk at least. I wonder if it can be analyzed at a water testing lab?
Iron bacteria
Our new 2014 KZ TT will be here very shortly (depending on the crappy weather in the east) and the old one is going back to the dealer so we won't have to do anything with the old system. :)
That article on Legionnaires disease is definitely interesting and food for thought. It sounds like what you are saying is that it would be prudent for RV-ers in hotter areas of the US to regularly treat their holding tanks. When reading up on it a bit I learned that the Legionella bacteria is naturally occuring in some lakes and rivers and apparently even in potting soil. So I guess some folks *could* end up with the bacteria in their holding tanks and all you need is the right conditions for it too flourish?
