Colour of water hose
The water hose between the tap and the trailer, why are they white? Any issues with using a new garden hose instead?
Forum Discussion
Bumpyroad wrote:
I thought that a lot of streams are contaminated with some "bug" that can cause serious problems.
bumpy
Well, let's see. According to my copy of Tom Sheppard's VEHICLE DEPENDENT EXPEDITION GUIDE:
(And BTW, this book is about traveling ANYWHERE in the world - Asia, Africa, South America, Australia, & North America. I don't know which of these waterborne critters are or aren't in North American Water.)
Big Bugs - Parasites, Protozoa - Giardia, Cryptosporidia, Schistosoma, Amoebic Dysentery, worms. Range in size between 4 and 12 microns. Most are highly resistant to Chlorine and Iodine, but because of their size, they are removed by most good water filters of 5 microns or less.
Small Bugs - Bacteria - E. Coli, Bacillary Dysentery, Cholera, Typhoid, Leptospirosis. Range in size from 0.5 to 3 microns. Killed by chemicals like Iodine and Chlorine, Only the finest water filters of 1 micron or less will remove them.
Very Small Bugs - Viruses - Polio, Hepatitis, Rotavirus. Killed by chemicals, but are too small to be removed by water filters.
As I said, I'm sure many of these are only found in third world countries. But I'm sure some of them, at least, are found in American and Canadian water. E. Coli is, for sure.
