rockhillmanor wrote:
obgraham wrote:
....I'm waiting for a valid report from someone getting a real illness from drinking water out of a properly maintained RV tank. ...)
That is because most people write off a case of diarrhea to something they ate or that they partied too much around a campfire cookout.
A "properly maintained" fresh water tank? Cleaning a tank periodically has nothing to do with the safety of the water you put IN the tank.
You put spunky well water in it or leave the water in it for long periods and bacteria can and will grow in it. The tank takes on the ambient temperature of the outside air allowing any bacteria that is in it to bloom. That's were the diarrhea will come into the picture if you drink it. And BTW harmful bacteria is odorless and tasteless It doesn't have to smell to be harmful. And small children are at a greater risk of getting sick.
Me, I don't drink the water from the tank or CG hookup. I don't want to be laid up for one minute while I am RV'ing! :C
That is why I get small children to try it before I drink it.
Mike
