Mysterious substance in potable water
I had let my bathtub cold water run too long in my Mini Lite, ran out of water, and lost the prime on my pump. This happened on the last day driving back from my most recent trip, so I just stored the...
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SaltiDawg wrote:
I am a retired US Navy Submariner.
On submarines, when at sea we make pure water of very high purity.....
BTW, those potable water tanks were routinely sampled and tested by our Medic - Corpsman - and in my experience never required chlorination as a result of that testing.
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Old tin can sailor.....Machinist Mate.
We made the water. We used an evaporator to make pure water from sea water.
I have had to clean and re-coat those potable water tanks and yes they can get gross....not as bad as cleaning condenser seaside :B
Using an evaporator the water was pure but bacteria was present so we still had to chlorinate them.
