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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Mike134
Explorer
Jun 30, 2021

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.

Someone say Boiler Deaerator?

How do I make my signature say

I'm no expert but I play one on the internet?
agesilaus
Explorer III
Jun 30, 2021
"stationary engineer", heh I was trained as a machinist mate in the USN which is the equivalent and went to Reactor Operator and Engineering Lab Tech before going back to school post Navy. I also worked in a utility with 2200 psi boilers. And boiler water has all sorts of boiler treatment chemicals in it, phosphates, probably some organics like morpholine or cyclohexylamine and so on depending on the unit pressure. Now feedwater is pure until you load it up with chemicals.
Yes you need to be concerned with what but what I would put into a boiler or reactor is not what I would drink...heh.

Admiral Rickover picked up a beaker of water of some kind and drank it down, on TV, claiming it was reactor water. LOL what a liar, the barium or Lithium Hydroxide might have produced some gastrointestinal fireworks plus the stuff is mildly radioactive.
swimmer_spe
Explorer
Jun 30, 2021
agesilaus wrote:
"stationary engineer", heh I was trained as a machinist mate in the USN which is the equivalent and went to Reactor Operator and Engineering Lab Tech before going back to school post Navy. I also worked in a utility with 2200 psi boilers. And boiler water has all sorts of boiler treatment chemicals in it, phosphates, probably some organics like morpholine or cyclohexylamine and so on depending on the unit pressure. Now feedwater is pure until you load it up with chemicals.
Yes you need to be concerned with what but what I would put into a boiler or reactor is not what I would drink...heh. Admiral Rickover picked up a beacker of water of some kind and drank it down, on TV, claiming it was reactor water. LOL what a liar, the barium or Lithium Hydroxide might have produced some gastrointestinal fireworks plus the stuff is mildly radioactive.

In non glow-in-the-dark boilers, I would not put the water in my tap into them. I would also not drink boiler water.

My concern still is whether the sediment build up should be a concern. I usually only drain the tank to winterize.
swimmer_spe
Explorer
Jun 30, 2021
Mike134 wrote:

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.

Someone say Boiler Deaerator?

How do I make my signature say

I'm no expert but I play one on the internet?

... won't get the pH up. And, still doesn't deal with the sediment.

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