Keeping fresh water tank bacteria-free
I'm confused about how to keep the water in the fresh water tank from picking up bacteria/viruses -- such as the Legionaire's Disease that sitting water can develop. I've seen the postings about ru...
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mfjensen wrote:
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I've seen the postings about running clorox through the system, rinsing then re-rinsings. Which sounds like a problem because where can you drain Clorox water? All the places I've stopped forbid it.
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I've never heard to seen anything about restrictions on dumping the freshwater tank of a camper, beyond the general restrictions of dumping any liquid at campsites.
How much "Clorox" are you talking about? Sanitizing a camper's water system doesn't use a whole lot of chlorine (or Clorox, or chlorine bleach) as other posts above describe diluting it. I don't consider it a whole lot different than "shocked" pool water, or some heavily chlorinated city water that I've run into.
You will be fine sanitizing your freshwater system and dumping the water on your property, or at a dumpstation if you need to.
