water taste

OLD biscet you made my day, people won,t drink it ,but will shower in it,

We don't buy bottled water cause most of it is just tap water anyway.

Garden hoses will give you a garden hose taste.
1/4 cup of hydrogen peroxide MIGHT get rid of taste but more than likely you will need to drain/flush fresh water tank and refill using a 'potable water' hose with your filter.

And if I can't use the water in my fresh water tank to drink then I'm not going to use it to wash dishes or shower. The skin is largest organ and will absorb the stuff in water while showering.

We never buy bottled water due to the environmental issues with the bottles. First, buy a good WHITE hose specifically for drinking. A really good white hose is not inexpensive, but well worth it. The Walmart one - for maybe $7 we had only as a backup, but got our regular one from CW at about $15 - $20. Sanitize your water system and be sure to run water through - using the white hose - until there is no bleach smell. We had a couple of CGs with nasty tasting water and bought a Pur faucet mount filter. Fixed the problem. Sam's has the best price on the unit with filter(s) and also the box of refills. We normally got the entire season here in TN with one box of the refills. If you have a break of several weeks between trips and the weather is unusually hot, check the taste and smell with the hose at your home and if it doesn't seem quite right, just sanitize again. Not a hard job at all, just takes a bit of time. BTW, when you initially hook up at a campsite, run the water from the spigot for maybe 15 - 30 seconds to freshen and then hook up and run for several more seconds to rinse anything from the hose. I never heard of the green stuff in the south, but certainly possible with the heat and humidity.

Quite a while.

We never drink the water from the RV! But then again, I never drink from the tap at home either! WE have a bottled water water cooler for that.
It's OK for showers, and cooking, where it usually gets boiled.
Bottled water is so easy to get everywhere now, and while it certainly isn't all "Spring Water", it's a good bet that it will be more pure than anything sitting in a holding tank filled with campground water!
Easier to get an ice cold drink from bottles in the refrigerator too!

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If you are parked in a southern area green mold grows INSIDE the hose.

Yes, I was very shocked to find this out after my first long term stay in Florida. I took the hose off to fill a bucket and noticed very tiny small green specs.

I asked the owner of where I was parked what this was and she said yes green mold builds up inside water hoses!

I cut my RV hose in half and the whole hose lining of the hose was covered with green mold! :E

And it did have an odor so I would assume it would also have a bad taste.

During my long term stay there as a precaution I replaced the hose every month.

One of many reasons I do NOT ever drink the water in the RV. :W

If you are using a regular garden hose to fill the RV, the taste will never go away. You cannot filter it out.

Get a hose approved for drinking water. (Usually white in color)

buy a white water hose ,made for potable water. and I,d bleach my system couple times a year . me, I drain everything, hot water tank to, half cup bleach ,drive around the block run faucets ,sit for couple hours , rinse tanks and faucets refill. got a clean system.

We have to bring along the same brand bottled water to get our same great taste when grinding our own coffee bean for coffee. We just use that water for consumption and cooking.

Roy Ken