Best way to purify the water in holding tank
I am wanting to purify the water in the holding tank to be safe. Just not sure the best method to use. This the water we shower with and wash dishes with.
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We boondock a lot in the national forests and often the only water supply is a hand pumped well. Therefore, when we get home from a trip I drain the tanks and hot water heater, hook up municipal water and flush out the system, fill the fresh tank with water, add bleach, pump it through the system and let it sit overnight. The next day I drain it all out and refill with fresh municipal water.
Also, we buy water by the gallon jug when we travel to use as drinking water, for coffee, etc. You can buy the water in any supermarket, mostly for less than a buck a gallon. It is just added protection for safety.
Some call this overkill but if you hook up to a small town system or use hand pumps...why not overkill? You don't know whats in the water. And the bottled drinking water is odorless and tasteless. Cheap insurance IMO.
In thirty five years of RVing we have never had illness from water. A three week supply of bottled water is less than twenty bucks, so why not avoid any contamination risk? Now, if we were parking in established places for longer periods of time I am sure we would modify our technique. That is not our style of using our RV.
Paul
Also, we buy water by the gallon jug when we travel to use as drinking water, for coffee, etc. You can buy the water in any supermarket, mostly for less than a buck a gallon. It is just added protection for safety.
Some call this overkill but if you hook up to a small town system or use hand pumps...why not overkill? You don't know whats in the water. And the bottled drinking water is odorless and tasteless. Cheap insurance IMO.
In thirty five years of RVing we have never had illness from water. A three week supply of bottled water is less than twenty bucks, so why not avoid any contamination risk? Now, if we were parking in established places for longer periods of time I am sure we would modify our technique. That is not our style of using our RV.
Paul
