Water research for RVs

wa8yxm wrote:
There are different answers, I will try to give a few

Myself
I bring park (City or well) water in via a home made activated charcoal filter. This (And the filter floos) take care of most of the bad stuff in the water. (But not all) Water for drinking and ice making is then run through a PUR filer in the fridge.

Water for dish washing, Showering, Toilets, Other cleaning is not additionally filtered.

Fresh water storage is sanatized occasionally by adding bleach 1/4 cup er 15 gallons, and then rinsing with baking soda and water and then clear water.

Some folks. Only drink bottled water.. Some folks do not filter.

Waste (Disposal) Excess fresh Well I no longer have that issue but back when I8 did Dumnp on well drained ground. Very few restrictions on dumping fresh water

"Used" water is divided into 3 categories
Black This is from the toilets
Gray Other waste (non toilet) INCLUDING the Kitchen sink
Wash Other Waste NOT including toilets or the kitchen sink

Regulations vary but in some places WASH can be dumped on the grass.. IN a much smaller number of places Gray can too but I don't.

Black ALWAYS goes into a sewer system (or a pump out truck from Porta-potties-R-Us) No place allows you to dump black on the ground.

How to dump:
Many (Most I suspect) use what we call a "Stinky Slinky" it is a 3" hose specifically designed for the job. Fast, Efficent. but some don't like dealing with it.

Also sometimes you have issues such as a HOLE that sticks up out of the ground (Sewer inlet) so high it's ABOVE your dump connection... So. I also have a macerator pump. this is a 12 volt electric pump that feeds a common 3/4 inch hose coupling,, that in terns goes to a far Distant (up to 50' in my case) or elevated hole in the ground.

Treating the tank with chemicals... I do not, Many do. Found the only real advantage to the chemicals is to the seller's profit figures.