Freshwater Tank Refilling - What Do You Do?
When in a campground without potable water (either none at all or the spigots aren't turned on yet for the summer) what do you do to manage your water use and/or refill your freshwater tank as needed?...
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I just don't understand running through 30 gallons of water a day. We have a 38 gallon tank. We wash dishes daily and conserve the best we can. Use water to flush the toilet and wash hands. There are 4 of us. We shower in the camper with Navy showers. We can get thru a 3 day weekend easily with water to spare. Someone has to be leaving the water on when showering, filling up the sink for dishes, letting the water run while washing hands etc...., basically treating it like they are at home to go thru 30 gallons of water in a day. Fill the tank up again and next problem will be that the grey tank is full and needs to be emptied.
Regarding the concerns over minimal water in the black tank, fill it half way with water when you fill up the fresh tank, then you will have plenty of water in the black tank to start and not need to worry about adding alot when you flush the toilet. Wash your dishes in a basin in the kitchen sink if you are still worried about it, and dump the basin down the toilet to add more water.
You can find fresh water tanks on ebay for cheap in the 12 to 20 gallon sizes. Bigger are available but again there is a balance before you run into the issue of needing to offload the grey tank. I have considered adding one to our camper for additional capacity but so far have not had water issues. Our first camper had a 30 gallon tank and now we have 38. 8 gallons does not sound like alot but is better than 25% more capacity and has made a huge difference for us.
Oxygenics shower wand also makes it easier to conserve water in the shower. It puts out a nice forceful spray as opposed to the factory shower wand that had no pressure at all. I imagine someone with long hair would require an awful lot of water to rinse the soap out of their hair with the factory shower wand.
Regarding the concerns over minimal water in the black tank, fill it half way with water when you fill up the fresh tank, then you will have plenty of water in the black tank to start and not need to worry about adding alot when you flush the toilet. Wash your dishes in a basin in the kitchen sink if you are still worried about it, and dump the basin down the toilet to add more water.
You can find fresh water tanks on ebay for cheap in the 12 to 20 gallon sizes. Bigger are available but again there is a balance before you run into the issue of needing to offload the grey tank. I have considered adding one to our camper for additional capacity but so far have not had water issues. Our first camper had a 30 gallon tank and now we have 38. 8 gallons does not sound like alot but is better than 25% more capacity and has made a huge difference for us.
Oxygenics shower wand also makes it easier to conserve water in the shower. It puts out a nice forceful spray as opposed to the factory shower wand that had no pressure at all. I imagine someone with long hair would require an awful lot of water to rinse the soap out of their hair with the factory shower wand.
