Water hoses for drinking

AJR, I too drank lots of water out of a green or garden water hose. Still do only less now than years past. Never got sick and nor do i one would, nor does anything in my post indicate anything about anyone getting sick so not sure what caused your comment. My point is the that water that sets in a green house will not taste good. It will have a strong taste like the hose. White hose-not so much.

When we drank water from the ole green hose at home, we always ran the water so it was cold. This also flushed out all the gunk sitting in the hose such as chemicals from the plastic and lead, etc. It was running water. Years ago, when I was a kid, we used to drink from mountain streams too. Not any more.

My main reason for using the white drinking hose is simply to easily differentiate between the hose with which I fill my fresh water tank and the hose with which I rinse out the sewer hoses, stick down the sewer clean out, etc. I don't connect to "city water", I always pull water from my fresh water tank. So, the water is only in contact with the hose for a few seconds.

I did not infer anyone should do as I do. I just stated what I consider is a common sense fact and that is when drinking water from any device. The water should have been running cold out of the device for a minute or two. In this case a device would be a water hose or an underground pipe. I have been places were the water out of the spigot has not turned cold for minutes because the pipes are so close to the surface. There have been places it never turned cold and I did not use the water. I have a water inspector that is given a fresh cold bowl of water at every campground. If she will not drink a bit getting out of the camper after a six hour ride we do not use that water. That actually happened once in central New York State. Dog took one sniff and looked up and walked away.

Chuckbear I agree with you and “the water safety act” sorta. The contaminants have to leach into the water. Leach means a slow process. Water running fast through whatever is not going to pick up much of the bad stuff. Heck I grew up with water pipes of galvanized iron, then copper connected with lead solder (made me think about the Romans) and now spiffy new plastic. It appears the baby boomers in Chicago made it through winters were the air smelled of coal burning. As a kid I wondered about that. But that was the way it was back then.

Imgoin4it please reread my post. I have never been sick from doing what I described, ever. Nor has anyone that has used my camper in my parking area during the summer.

OP, Get two 25’ white hoses from where ever and you are fine. I would spend the extra money for good ones. Good being end connectors that are made well.

DutchmenSport, you are SO bad and true to the times! I love it!

60 years old and never used a white hose. There's my answer. Short and simple. I am using much better quality (non-white) ones now than I use to.

I guess it goes along with all that lime I sat on as a kid (see previous post in the "lime" thread!) And in grade school, I use to chew on led pencils. (If only they'd bring back that radio active stuff in face cream and put real "coke" back in Coca Cola!):B

Anyone remember the Kubric movie where an Air Force SAC Commander goes crazy and starts world war three? He only drank rain water and pure grain alcohol. Chemicals in the hoses keep us balanced. :)

Drink from a garden hose that has had water "sitting" in it and laying out in the sun. Once you do you will have the answer to the question and you will get the white drinking water hose.

Not all garden hoses are unsafe to use for drinking water. And it doesn't have to be a white hose.

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Although I must add, drinking from old fashioned garden hoses of 60+ years ago, obviously didn't kill me either. Then again maybe I am a "ghost writer". :)
Oh, the pampered lifestyles today!

I use bottled water for drinking and cooking. Use the other water (fresh water tank or connection) for showers, dishes and toilet. But, i still have the white hose for my potable water connection.

Mike

A regular garden hose is not regulated by the Safe Drinking Water Act and many are chocked full of unhealthy chemicals. One particularly nasty one is lead, found in the end connectors, and produces levels considered to be unsafe. Many plastic additives that are banned in almost all containers can also be found in your garden hose. We all drank from our garden hoses growing up, but this is a different world we live in today with a whole alphabet of new chemicals and manufacturing processes from countries that could care less if they might be contaminating our environment or our body. Drink from them if you like, but I would never advise anyone else to do it. And it doesn't have to be white to be safe to use for drinking. Read the labels. Chuck