Filling the water tank at home
We used to live where we had city water. We have since moved and now draw our water for our home from a lake. It is perfectly safe and clean, however, some sediment might get through and there can be ...
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wildtoad wrote:agesilaus wrote:.
Use a in line filter on the fill hose. I assume this lake water has been checked by the county health dept. It seems to be an unusual water source.
Many people who live on lakes pull water from them for both irrigation and household use. To your point, having the water tested periodically is a good idea. The same holds true for the millions of households the get their drinking water from a well. One should always use a filter at CG’s regardless of the water source. Never know when a water line may break.
Well water is wildly different from lake water.
The well actually functions as a filtration system. Any water that makes it to the well pump has filtered thru 30 or more feet of soil. There will typically be a test when the well is first put in (if it filters thru a layer of heavy metal that ain't good)...but after that, there is little benefit to further testing.
Pulling from a lake, guess where deer and bear poop washes after a rain? Plus you have fish, snails and all kinds of microbes. The water quality can change drastically over the course of the year. After a storm or spring snow melt can introduce significant amounts of contaminants. Hot weather can grow algae and other microbes.
If the water is actually safe, a simple sediment filter on the fill hose will do the trick for any residual sediment.
