Drawing water from a lake

ajriding wrote:
Insanely hilarious responses.

One guy suggested that stirring the water would keep it safe. wow. I think too much time, too little knowledge is also a water contamination.

This RV forum is like no other I have seen.

Hopefully OP finds the needle in this haystack of, errr… knowledge, haha

OP here. I have.

Insanely hilarious responses.

One guy suggested that stirring the water would keep it safe. wow. I think too much time, too little knowledge is also a water contamination.

This RV forum is like no other I have seen.

Hopefully OP finds the needle in this haystack of, errr… knowledge, haha

Bill.Satellite wrote:

CFerguson wrote:
This is a hilarious thread on so many levels.

Good Luck to all of you!

You mean ever since the OP's 2nd post?

OP here. The water is safe to drink. I just want to make sure it doesn't have anything in it that could cause issues, such as sand, debris and of course the bacteria and viruses.

Safe to drink?

Bananas are radioactive. If you could eat enough of them, you would get radioactive poisoning. The key is to know how much is harmful.

"Each banana contains 45 mg of potassium, which includes the radioactive isotope potassium-40. The radiation from bananas measures out as 3,520 picocuries per kilo – that's high enough to set off the more sensitive type of radiation alarms. If you ate one banana per day, you'd receive a dose of 2.6 mrem per year."

So, knowledge is power.

I know that I could simply use the water and likely have no ill effects, but I want to make sure my tanks stay safe.

Bottled water, which we all assume to be safe, if left in an open container, after weeks, it will have growth in it. That growth could simply be from what is in the air ending up in it.

Our tanks are vented to atmosphere. There is the possibility that stuff from the air could get in.

After reading the 10+ pages, I have learned why bottled water is a big seller - Fear. II have also learned that there are some simple options out there.

Bill.Satellite wrote:

OP here. The water is safe to drink. I just want to make sure it doesn't have anything in it that could cause issues, such as sand, debris and of course the bacteria and viruses.

Safe to drink?

yep, conclusion made, no need for thread.
bumpy

CFerguson wrote:
This is a hilarious thread on so many levels.

Good Luck to all of you!

You mean ever since the OP's 2nd post?

OP here. The water is safe to drink. I just want to make sure it doesn't have anything in it that could cause issues, such as sand, debris and of course the bacteria and viruses.

Safe to drink?

This is a hilarious thread on so many levels.

Good Luck to all of you!

shum02 wrote:

Itinerant1 wrote:
This thread is azzinin, if a person knowingly & willingly drinks from a questionable source let darwin decide.:(

Most of you based on your experience in the USA can not believe that there are places still left in this world that you can dip you bottle over the side of a boat and drink straight from the lake. In your neck of the woods or even straight from your taps I'd agree but not in ours.

Done with this thread. It's been entertaining and even educational.

And there are still places in the States where this is also the case. I have routinely drank right out of certain lakes in Northern Minnesota for years with no ill effects. Do we officially advise visitors who ask if they can do this to do it? Of course not - for legal reasons. Plus often visitors may do stupid things, like drink out of a small beaver pond, or drink from the shore where they have just bathed with soap.
-35 year career with the USFS.

The OP has to make his own choices I guess, but I will offer an observation. For years on US129 from Cleveland Ga to Blairsville, Ga (very curvy and mountainous) there were a couple or three places where clear and cold spring water flowed out of a crack in the rock. One place even had a steel pipe and an enclosed stone trough that held a few inches of water in it. You could see cars with license plates from metro-Atlanta stopping and filling plastic jugs with the 'spring' water. These places are no longer there. The 'healthy' water was likely not has healthy as they figured. With the wild hog population, deer and bear population continuing to grow, the giardia has also grown. The GSMNP has signs posted cautioning visitors from drinking the ground water there for the same reason. If you intend to do this, at least add a few ounces of chlorine to the tank before you fill it.

Itinerant1 wrote:
This thread is azzinin, if a person knowingly & willingly drinks from a questionable source let darwin decide.:(

Most of you based on your experience in the USA can not believe that there are places still left in this world that you can dip you bottle over the side of a boat and drink straight from the lake. In your neck of the woods or even straight from your taps I'd agree but not in ours.

Done with this thread. It's been entertaining and even educational.

This thread is azzinin, if a person knowingly & willingly drinks from a questionable source let darwin decide.:(