How often do yall sanitize your fresh water tank?

beemerphile1 wrote:
there is no reason not to.

A broad generalization that will not be universally true.

Under some circumstances there can be important reasons not to.
Untreated water stored in a hot environment can go "bad" fairly quickly.

samhain7 wrote:
One note. Don't put bleach I your black tank.
Urine contains ammonia. Look up mixing bleach with ammonia.

SIGH. Someone always finds something to pick apart in every thread.

By the time I drain and flush the tank, I'm pretty sure that there will be about a ZERO chance of releasing anything dangerous.

And if this was a real concern, every time I urinate into my bowl at home, which contains enough chlorine content to smell and taste.......
Give me a break.

CavemanCharlie wrote:

Your forgetting about the water tower. It is not pressurized.

Not forgetting, just don't know. I'm not a municipal water supply expert. For all I know the tanks easily could be under a slight pressure.

And I know for sure that some systems have open reservoirs as part of their "system" but I'm pretty sure that those are ahead of the treatment/filtering process. ;-)

Do you sanitize your S&B water system???

Your house water is NOT a holding tank.

Have not bleached mine yet. But then my city water will kill anything.If I use well water or other unknown source while camping I drain and fill with my city water at end of the trip.

Adding city water to a tank to sanitize it does absolutely nothing.

City water may 'smell' like chlorine but it does NOT have bleach in it it to kill anything. It is added at the filtration plant to kill bacteria BEFORE it is released to the city's water. All you get is the "smell"/"odor" of chlorine trapped in the lines. Leave a glass of tap water on the counter and all the odor and the taste from the odor of chlorine disappear within minutes.

RV fresh water tank is an unsealed holding tank which is subjected to the ambient temperature of the outside air. Which most fill with a garden hose, many times picked up off the ground or from inside a bay etc, that also can carry a multitude of bacteria on it adding it to the water in the holding tank.

My tank is mounted on the inside back of my MH with an access door allowing full view of the holding tank. I can SEE all what settles and/or can grow on the bottom of the tank and side walls.

Are you gong to die? Probably not. But my guess is many a bout of diarrhea or upset stomachs while on the road RV'ing is NOT from having too much BBQ and Beer from the night before camp cook out. :W

We have always used the tank water for drinking and cooking, there is no reason not to.

I sanitize at the beginning of the season and again about mid season.

Have not bleached mine yet. But then my city water will kill anything.
If I use well water or other unknown source while camping I drain and fill with my city water at end of the trip.

Only sanitized when I got the unit from the factory. Since then, we drink from the fresh tank every trip. City water is treated, so why would I treat my tank a second time? But, I also have been drinking from lakes and streams since I was a kid (almost 60 now), and have never had a GI problem. DW has a fragile GI system, but she has not had any issues when drinking our camper water.

One note. Don't put bleach I your black tank.
Urine contains ammonia. Look up mixing bleach with ammonia.

Once a year, at the beginning of the season.

Once a year to get the pink stuff taste out. Drink from it all the time. If I am working in the garden and get thirsty I drink from the garden hose. 63 years of doing this I have never got sick from that.