Increasing potable water tank
My camper has a 55 gal. fresh water tank (I think). I purchased it used in May and took it out for the first time on July 23rd. We ran out of water in 3-4 days and refilling with a water jug was a pai...
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APT wrote:atomicglock wrote:
We already use paper plates and bowls and use the campgrounds showers and, as often as possible, their toilets. We try to conserve as much as possible.
How do you use 55 gallons of water so quickly then? My 35gal tank (plus 6gal water heater) just lasted us 8 nights, family of 5. We did use water spigots to fill the coffee pot daily and fill a pot for boiling water a few times. That saved a few gallons, but 2-4 days?
Flushing the toilet (we're getting older so we tend to have to pee at night a lot more than we used to), cooking, doing dishes, filling a Brita pitcher we keep in the fridge and the coffee pot, washing up... I don't think that's excessive usage.
I do have one possible excuse. We were staying at Assateague Island National Seashore. It was hotter than hell and so humid you had to cut a chunk of air out and chew it up before you could breath it. Sweat ran off us in rivers. Without air conditioning, we drank a lot of water to stay hydrated. Probably caused us to pee even more, so, more toilet flushing. I just don't know.:h
