Freshwater Tank Refilling - What Do You Do?
When in a campground without potable water (either none at all or the spigots aren't turned on yet for the summer) what do you do to manage your water use and/or refill your freshwater tank as needed?...
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katet78 wrote:
Thanks all! These are some great suggestions. I think our biggest strategy will just be conserving, which will take practice.
Taking a cross country trip in a van-conversion with nothing but large containers of water and no toilet, I really learned how to conserve water. Especially important in the desert where there was nothing for miles around but cactus and lizards. :) All we had was a bed, fridge and tiny stove. Showers were taken every few days at truck stops with sponge baths in-between. We never ran short of water.
To conserve the most water you can do all or most of your cooking on those grills we all have with us. We only used a pot or pan when there was no choice. Use as much disposable kitchen stuff as possible, from plastic silverware to those cheap plastic or paper soda cups. You can even use those disposable Styrofoam cups for your coffee. We had cereal for breakfast and sandwiches for lunch - which left nothing to wash but our hands. :)
If you want to live as you do at home and use water as you do at home (or close to it) with everyone showering daily etc, you will need to find full-hookup places to camp because everything that goes down the drain will end up in your black water tank which will have to be hauled to the dump-station, another PIA. Not all places allow gray water from dish washing to be dumped on the ground which means everything used and washed ends up in the GWT.
As for refilling the fresh water tank... most truckstops have water taps as well as state, federal and COE campgrounds.
