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 discolouration. While that doesn't bother me at home, I worry about what I put in my RV tank.Would you suggest filling it at home or at the campground?

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.

If you’re worried about sediment get a good filter that takes out small sediment. Personally I’d put a whole house filter between the well pump and the house. Sediment won’t do good things to ice makers, water heaters, and so on. They are very cheap and effective.

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.

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 no, it is by no means the same as a well. For background, I wqent to Environmental Engineering school, was the Technical Director of a environmental laboratory. And we underwent frequent inspections by both the state DEP and the USEPA.A well is not so easily contaminated, a lake on the other hand is open and who knows what is going into the water. Giardia and Cryptosporidium are frequently found in open water, lakes and rivers. Depending on the state DEP and laws you probably are required to have the local county come by and inspect the water source as well as test the water. And to get a permit. Frankly I'm just not familiar in detail to what inspections and what frequency those inspections would be because I've never seen an open lake used as a water source for a home. But on the other hand if the home owner is happy then who am I to complain?

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.We checked it as part of the sale of the house in the winter. It is completely safe.

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dedmiston
Moderator
Jun 29, 2021
mr_andyj wrote:
test your city water while you are at it. Mine has up to 500 toxins in it.

Almost as bad as the chemtrails.
Mike134
Explorer
Jun 29, 2021
valhalla360 wrote:
Mike134 wrote:
I remember my first trip to the boundary waters canoe area in Minnesota.
Us city kids were stunned when the outfitter told us to drink the lake water no filter needed.

I must say we had no issues.

Works great...until it doesn't.

Agreed Your safe outside till your hit by lightning, driving, walking.....you get the idea, I'll take my chances.
mr_andyj
Explorer
Jun 29, 2021
Grit dog wrote:
mr_andyj wrote:
test your city water while you are at it. Mine has up to 500 toxins in it.

That explains alot...

The debate is still ongoing what is wrong with you
doxiemom11
Explorer II
Jun 29, 2021
I don't know, but at a campground where we hosted, the lake water had to be tested weekly for us to let swimmers in the water at the beaches.
agesilaus
Explorer III
Jun 29, 2021
test your city water while you are at it. Mine has up to 500 toxins in it.
agesilaus
Explorer III
Jun 29, 2021
Do tell, there is no lab test in Standard Methods for the Examination of Water called "Test for Toxins". Who told you that, the Culigan man?
swimmer_spe
Explorer
Jun 30, 2021
agesilaus wrote:
Do tell, there is no lab test in Standard Methods for the Examination of Water called "Test for Toxins". Who told you that, the Culigan man?

There are tests for things known to be toxic, but no respectable water person would use toxin.
C_Schomer
Explorer
Jun 30, 2021
Do you remember why W.C. Fields said he didn't drink water?
agesilaus
Explorer III
Jun 30, 2021
swimmer_spe wrote:
agesilaus wrote:
Do tell, there is no lab test in Standard Methods for the Examination of Water called "Test for Toxins". Who told you that, the Culigan man?

There are tests for things known to be toxic, but no respectable water person would use toxin.

Water person?! I guess I'm one and if someone wants a test for 'toxins' I would say which one there are thousands or hundreds of thousands probably. You could do a GC/MS (gas chromatography/Mass Spectrography) scan which pick up -organic molecules- in the sample but you are talking serious money per test, over $1000 each for a walk in customer. And you'd have to add a lot of other general chemical and biological analysis to cover the more likely possibilities. But there is no test for toxins the term is nebulous and like a fog bank blowing in the wind. No you go in and buy an analysis for specific compounds 2,4 dichlorobenzene for example.
That's why I asked if it was the Culigan man, those water softener salesmen have a certain reputation amoung environmental chemists and it aligns with RV salesmen. They will do their worst to use the anal extraction method to make up lies to scare people into buying their junk.

But yes we are far off subject. If the OP wants to fill his gut with lake water, that's fine with me. It's his gut after all.
swimmer_spe
Explorer
Jun 30, 2021
agesilaus wrote:
swimmer_spe wrote:
agesilaus wrote:
Do tell, there is no lab test in Standard Methods for the Examination of Water called "Test for Toxins". Who told you that, the Culigan man?

There are tests for things known to be toxic, but no respectable water person would use toxin.

Water person?! I guess I'm one and if someone wants a test for 'toxins' I would say which one there are thousands or hundreds of thousands probably. You could do a GC/MS (gas chromatography/Mass Spectrography) scan which pick up -organic molecules- in the sample but you are talking serious money per test, over $1000 each for a walk in customer. And you'd have to add a lot of other general chemical and biological analysis to cover the more likely possibilities. But there is no test for toxins the term is nebulous and like a fog bank blowing in the wind. No you go in and buy an analysis for specific compounds 2,4 dichlorobenzene for example.
That's why I asked if it was the Culigan man, those water softener salesmen have a certain reputation amoung environmental chemists and it aligns with RV salesmen. They will do their worst to use the anal extraction method to make up lies to scare people into buying their junk.

But yes we are far off subject. If the OP wants to fill his gut with lake water, that's fine with me. It's his gut after all.

I am the OP. I am also a stationary engineer. Pure water is partly my domain, but there are water specialists that make sure our water is perfect. The tests for boiler water is different than the tests for drinking water.