Water research for RVs

A little more framing of the question would be useful.

Your question is equivilent to "I'm researching medicine. Tell me about it."

...are you researching, cancer, heart disease, ancient medical techniques, folk medicine, dermitology, protctology...you don't give us enough info to give you a meaninful answer.

I fill up my portable water bottle (fresh water tank-----80 gallons)
I use on-board pump (RVs are self-contained) to supply rv plumbing system...cold/hot
I drink it, I wash with it, I shower with it, I flush toilet with it etc.

When the 80 gallons has been redistributed from fresh water tank to the black tank (poop), to the grey tank (Shower/bathroom sink) and to the galley tank (kitchen sink) I dump it and start all over

Good water in.......dirty waste water out....repeat over and over and over and over

DutchmenSport wrote:
If the OP is asking "how" we use water in our RV's, then maybe if he'd do a "search" on "sanitize" will produce the answer's he's looking for. Under that topic, everyone seems to chime in if they drink from the fresh water tank, or use bottled water, bath, shower, cook, and clean with water from their tank or if they use only city hook ups. And do you drink from the garden hose, and which garden hose do you use (white or just a normal hose you'd use on your flowers.) Then the debate about traveling with water in your tanks from home or filling up at the campground. And then, once at the camp ground, do you drink the campground water? (always a hot topic on these forums!)


I suppose if he looked up "dumping" he'd get the long standing debate gloves or no gloves. And also bump into the problems with black tanks filling up sooner than expected, and "where did my grey water go? I can't find it!" threads. Then, where do you dump your tanks? On the ground, at home in your sewer clean out pipe, in your septic tank at home, at the campground dump station, at a Flying J truck stop, or the city road side drain gate with lots of laughs about National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation and the Cousin Eddie scene dumping his tanks! And don't forget the debate over "The Geo Method" vs using chemicals vs using nothing and all those who say their tanks NEVER smell, and those who say they DO smell! How do we clean those tanks? It all takes water!

Then, zillions of posts on water intrusion, leaks, and rot damage... all over the charts.

One of the best uses of water I've seen anywhere on the internet, was that million dollar CLASS-A motor home that could be used as boat! Using the water in the lake to float a motor home? Now, that's really good use of water! Also testifies how water tight that motor home is!

Then, there's the outside shower, grandpa next camp site over standing naked using that outside shower. Now we get into the debate over dumping grey water right on the ground in established campgrounds vs boom docking, pros and cons, is it legal, acceptable, ethical, moral to do?

How about how we heat water? On the stove top? Solar bags? Water heaters in our campers? Now, do we use electricity to run the water heater, propane, or both? How much hot water do we use? What is the recovery speed of the water heater?

And ... how do we all winterize our campers to be sure "water" does not freeze and bust our water lines inside the camper! Pump the pink, blow, or a combination of both? Removing water is just as important as consuming water to an RVer.

You know, to give a straight forward answer to the OP, actually everything I just mentioned above, RVers do it with water! Including drink it! Some refrigerate it, some turn it into ice cubes, some use it to water plants, wash the dog, and kids muddy feet.

And don't forget, we use water to drown out our campfires (at least some of us do).

One thing I'm pretty certain of though, none of us pay (if so, its very few) a separate fee for water. We either get our water from home and bring it with us, or water comes with the campsite. Those who boomdock usually find sources for free water.

Thank you so much! This was extremely helpful.

If the OP is asking "how" we use water in our RV's, then maybe if he'd do a "search" on "sanitize" will produce the answer's he's looking for. Under that topic, everyone seems to chime in if they drink from the fresh water tank, or use bottled water, bath, shower, cook, and clean with water from their tank or if they use only city hook ups. And do you drink from the garden hose, and which garden hose do you use (white or just a normal hose you'd use on your flowers.) Then the debate about traveling with water in your tanks from home or filling up at the campground. And then, once at the camp ground, do you drink the campground water? (always a hot topic on these forums!)


I suppose if he looked up "dumping" he'd get the long standing debate gloves or no gloves. And also bump into the problems with black tanks filling up sooner than expected, and "where did my grey water go? I can't find it!" threads. Then, where do you dump your tanks? On the ground, at home in your sewer clean out pipe, in your septic tank at home, at the campground dump station, at a Flying J truck stop, or the city road side drain gate with lots of laughs about National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation and the Cousin Eddie scene dumping his tanks! And don't forget the debate over "The Geo Method" vs using chemicals vs using nothing and all those who say their tanks NEVER smell, and those who say they DO smell! How do we clean those tanks? It all takes water!

Then, zillions of posts on water intrusion, leaks, and rot damage... all over the charts.

One of the best uses of water I've seen anywhere on the internet, was that million dollar CLASS-A motor home that could be used as boat! Using the water in the lake to float a motor home? Now, that's really good use of water! Also testifies how water tight that motor home is!

Then, there's the outside shower, grandpa next camp site over standing naked using that outside shower. Now we get into the debate over dumping grey water right on the ground in established campgrounds vs boom docking, pros and cons, is it legal, acceptable, ethical, moral to do?

How about how we heat water? On the stove top? Solar bags? Water heaters in our campers? Now, do we use electricity to run the water heater, propane, or both? How much hot water do we use? What is the recovery speed of the water heater?

And ... how do we all winterize our campers to be sure "water" does not freeze and bust our water lines inside the camper! Pump the pink, blow, or a combination of both? Removing water is just as important as consuming water to an RVer.

You know, to give a straight forward answer to the OP, actually everything I just mentioned above, RVers do it with water! Including drink it! Some refrigerate it, some turn it into ice cubes, some use it to water plants, wash the dog, and kids muddy feet.

And don't forget, we use water to drown out our campfires (at least some of us do).

One thing I'm pretty certain of though, none of us pay (if so, its very few) a separate fee for water. We either get our water from home and bring it with us, or water comes with the campsite. Those who boomdock usually find sources for free water.

DownTheAvenue wrote:
WOW! With all due respect, your question sounds more like a middle school science project. How is water used in a RV? The same as in your house. We Rvers use water to cook with, to drink, to bathe, to flush the toilet. How is water disposed? It is held in a tank until it can be drained into a sewer. The waste water ends up in the same place it does in your house. There I have completed your research in one paragraph. Your welcome.

LOL maybe even in a few sentences!

The only water we don't like in our campers is the water that will sometimes leak through our roofs, down our walls, and under the floors, rotting everything in it's path. Now, that is the type of water all of us can do without!

WOW! With all due respect, your question sounds more like a middle school science project. How is water used in a RV? The same as in your house. We Rvers use water to cook with, to drink, to bathe, to flush the toilet. How is water disposed? It is held in a tank until it can be drained into a sewer. The waste water ends up in the same place it does in your house. There I have completed your research in one paragraph. Your welcome.