Sanitizing Water Tank
How long can water sit in a fresh water tank before it should be sanitized. Thanks Ray
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jackandh2o: How often do you use your RV? Are you always in hot temps? This has a lot to do on how often to sanitize.
Ugly stuff can grow in warm water if you let it sit for six months or so in Arizona. So I would drain it completely when you're finished with a trip. Sanitizing it once a year might be good for your area.
As full-timers for 16 years, we and any of our full-timing friends never sanitize the tank. We use the water continuously so there's no time for things to grow in it. We've also gotten our water from many varied sources and we've never worried about the quality. We don't buy bottled water and drink from the tank although we do filter it when coming into the tank and also have a kitchen filter on the faucet. We boondock a lot on forest and BLM lands so we use the tank all the time.
Ugly stuff can grow in warm water if you let it sit for six months or so in Arizona. So I would drain it completely when you're finished with a trip. Sanitizing it once a year might be good for your area.
As full-timers for 16 years, we and any of our full-timing friends never sanitize the tank. We use the water continuously so there's no time for things to grow in it. We've also gotten our water from many varied sources and we've never worried about the quality. We don't buy bottled water and drink from the tank although we do filter it when coming into the tank and also have a kitchen filter on the faucet. We boondock a lot on forest and BLM lands so we use the tank all the time.
