Water from RV

All the time. Sanitize the systems once a year and filter the water going into the tank with this filter.
Just a tip always taste the water before filling your tank some water tastes horrible and you do not want to contaminate your tank with bad tasting water.

We use a sediment filter and a charcoal filter. Then we feed the filtered water into a water softener. We have a Y where we can take the water out after the filters and before the water softener and that is the water we drink. So far, the water has always been fine to drink at the places we have been. We can always resort to bottled water to drink, if we need to. We are considering staying at an RV park where they tell you that there water is VERY hard and does not taste every good so we will show up with plenty of water in our water tank and not hook up to their water at all.

We don't drink the onboard water. I'm afraid the little bit water that may have been in the tank will be funky after a few months of sitting. Plus I feel guilty for wasting the water... We buy a few gallon jugs of water at the beginning of our trips & refill those jugs as needed at the water kiosks that you can find in front of a lot of grocery stores (usually for about .35/gallon). We'll reuse them a few times, then buy new ones.
And now that we store our 5er in another town it would be difficult to sanitize the tank.

I have posted in other areas as well. YEP, we use it just like at home. She don't drink it cause of the taste, chlorine that is. We fill with city water and any water we hook up too. Yes i use a filter when hooked up, even at home, just because it will also remove any little sand particles that are found in our water. Remember the city source is safe. We use our unit monthly and only about once per year, only due to my OCD i put about a couple ounces of bleach, this is basically if we don't use it for more than a month, fill that tank and run all the fixtures. then after a day, i drain all and refill, then drain again and refill. We are now on the road and have been gone almost a week, filled up before we left, used some on the road, then hooked up at an RV park, hooked up with filter and now dry camping on the way home which will take about 3 days. when home, we will flush and fill and ready ourselves for the next trip. Go ahead, sanitize, flush it, fill it up, flush it again and use it and enjoy. Good Luck & Be Safe ! ! !

"But some have heavily chlorinated water, so we'll use bottled water for coffee, drinking, or making ice cubes."

Mbopp, any good bourbon will counter bad ice.

"What makes the tank any different than the 50 year old pipes coming into your house"
SCVJeff, Los Angelinos would love to have fresh water pipes that were only 50 years old. Father Serra put in most of Los Angeles' pipes.

We full time and have seen some pretty funky campground water, so we filter the bejeezus out of our water.

We also treat the water tank with bleach at least twice a year.

It depends. Some cg's we go to have good water so no problem there. But some have heavily chlorinated water, so we'll use bottled water for coffee, drinking, or making ice cubes.

jfkmk wrote:

SCVJeff wrote:
What makes the tank any different than the 50 year old pipes coming into your house?

No air in the pipes.

really? What about all the oxygen constantly refreshed by the water itself? Why do you think pipes rust from the inside> out?

My two centavos:

I will drink the water from my tank, after I sanitize it with a round of bleach, then rinse it.

However, for a good chunk of the year in the winter, I move my RV to a campsite and leave it there for 4-5 months. So, I leave the tanks empty. During this, I use bottled water for everything.