Black Tank Treatments - Yay or Nay?
This is two-part thread.... I have been RV camping for most of my life. I can always remember my dad using the old blue liquid in the toilet after dumping the tanks. This what I did once I started ...
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nickthehunter wrote:
Calcium Nitrate is the chemical often used in black tank treatments. It is also used in wastewater treatment plants for among other things - guess what - odor control. It does not kill the bacteria beneficial to breaking down waste. The perfume smelly additives are generally organic citrus products and similarly harmless. Use the stuff if you want, or not, whatever floats your boat.
Water treatment plants also use Chlorine, Chloramine and a host of other chemicals that do kill all the bacteria. Otherwise they'd just pass along that bacteria to drinking water. Comparing septic systems to water treatment is comparing oranges to basketballs.
