Need to add water filter - looking for advice

myredracer wrote:

Redterpos3 wrote:

RTrider wrote:
This is what I do based upon quite a few years in the property management business... then I will use a Brita or pitcher filter for drinking water, coffee and cooking to take out the free chlorine (for taste) just before consumption.

I feel that taking out the free chlorine before consumption is a bad idea.

--I think I'm following you but these two sentences seem to contradict each other.

I'm finding this stuff interesting but just as I think I'm getting a handle on it, something like this comes along! I think what he is trying to say is that taking out the free chlorine is not a good idea in a distributed water system but at a point of use on your kitchen counter, it's okay. If you take it out in an RV by using a whole house type filter, then you will have un-chlorinated water in your piping system and HW tank and increased the risk of bacteria and micro-organism growth.

I do as RTrider does and for the same reasons. I want all the protection that might be in the water until just before I consume it. We use a brita pitcher for water that is consumed and for making things like coffee. We will use onboard or CG water for cooking as long as it involves boiling or extended heating. We also have a small water bottle that we keep refilled with water from the brita in the bathroom for drinking and rinsing after brushing. Upon dewinterizing I sanitize our system with a hefty dose bleach and then during camping season make sure our water doesn't stay in the tank or lines for more than about a week at a time. I definitely would not fill our onboard water tank via a filter and don't see a need for one for any other use except for human consumption and our alternative plan works for us.

Larry