Do you bleach / santize your hot water tank?
I've always just done the cold water system. And only every few years at that since I don't drink it. I had read someone bleached the hot water tank too. What do you recommend?
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rockhillmanor wrote:Captain_Happy wrote:
If your using city water, why are you worried about sanitizing your water system? It's already in the water your using.DAH
You home is a constant free flowing system. Bleach is added at the water treatment plant to bring all microbes within standard. By the time it reaches your house all you have is the smell of bleach. Not a level of bleach high enough to kill bacteria when used to fill a holding tank or to kill bacteria from CG well water.
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Sorry but this isn't really true. It's probably what the water companies or local governments want you to think. If you can smell bleach it's enough to still have an effect. Anyone with sensitive lungs or skin can attest that public water with Chlorine or Chloramine can still have negative effects on your body. You guys can sanitize all you want, but anything that kills anything will have affect on you as you are a "thing" too. Bleach is pretty caustic. As far as washing or drying dishes, water borne bacteria won't survive when the dishes are dry. Hydrogen Peroxide is always a better choice as a disinfectant as it still kills most harmful bacteria but is less harmful to people. I don't sanitize. No negative effects. I used to use bleach for cleaning until I developed a lung disease. Could actually have been exacerbated by bleach. I am still puzzled that people would rather use very harmful chemicals that have negative affects on the body to make you more healthy. Defies logic. I guess governments and conglomerates have done a great job instilling fear to promote their products.
