Gas station air/water station water safe?
I live in Southern California and all of the gas stations have air/water stations . The gas station attendant said the water should be potable because it’s just straight from the city water, but I th...
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As a child, there would be a dead woodchuck, opossum or some other critter pulled out of the well a few times a year. My grandfather drank from that well for 86 years, my grandmother for more than fifty, my father and uncles for at least 18 consecutive. Myself and my siblings at least weekly. My cousins family is drinking from the well today.
If the gas station hose is not connected to a potable source, law requires that that be clearly posted.
Truth be told any hose on a gas station is never used for mechanical purposes.
Parts are washed in a parts washer and rinsed in a sink. Radiators do not take that much water, and a professional shop would use distilled.
That gas station hose is used for the same thing your home hose is used for, landscaping and washing down the parking lot.
If the gas station hose is not connected to a potable source, law requires that that be clearly posted.
Truth be told any hose on a gas station is never used for mechanical purposes.
Parts are washed in a parts washer and rinsed in a sink. Radiators do not take that much water, and a professional shop would use distilled.
That gas station hose is used for the same thing your home hose is used for, landscaping and washing down the parking lot.
