sweet WATER

[moose]

as many Expedite trucks come today with a water holding tank and a sink ,
when filling up at the RV-dump , or the fuel island , mosts water are not drinkable , yet are needed to be used to wash the dishes or basic hygiene.
some are just as bad for coffee (it had being tried...)
what do you do to get a good-water out of it ?
is there a place for an under-sink -filtration ?
maybe an water additive ?
buying those large water tanks and refiling ,
Ext.
as a new Happy-camper , this info, will be useful.
Thanks.
Moose.

 

[mjolnir131]

i would imgine getting one of those clear potable water hose from wal-mart or an rv store would be a big step in that direction . i'm guessing here or thinking out load what ever you want to call it. i think that hoses that is on most fouets of that type are the reson they have the non-pot tag, that and they are so close to the dump hole no way to control cross contamanation.

have seen some rest areas where they have nice brass water spigouts what wear to be used for pot-able water close enough to the parking area a 50 foot waterhose would reach it.

outside of paying to use a camp grounds facilities to recharge everything i'm out of ideas and will let those with more experance have the box now

 

[ATeam]

It may not be the best way, but we have been getting water for drinking, cooking and bathing mostly from RV dump stations and truck stop fuel islands. When at RV parks we use the hookups for fresh water. At home and relatives' homes, it is the garden hose. There are no water filters in the truck. A 25 foot "RV" hose is carried and used to fill the tanks. There is no difference between it and an ordinary garden hose, except the color.

At most dump stations, there are usually two clearly marked faucets; one for flushing holding tanks, one for potable water. That system is only as good as the people using it. If hoses are provided, we disconnect them and use our own. If only one faucet is provided, we use it to flush the holding tank but wait to get drinking water elsewhere.

For additional safety, run the water a moment or two before hooking up to flush cooties out of the faucet and use an antiseptic spray on the pipe threads before hooking up your hose. Another option woud be to use bottled water for drinking and cooking and tap water for everything else.

 

[greg334]

I would agree with Phil but there is a problem with the upkeep of the portable water taps in many places, the use of them from people who don't know what black water is compared to clean water, and some don't even have them while others use the same for both, I like distilled water.

I normally buy distilled water by the gallon (two at a time), makes up for any chances of getting sick. Well when I was in California, it seemed he whole state was void of distilled water, maybe CARB ban distillation plants too. Well I needed water and I was doing my dump the stuff routine and I got 5 gallons of water from a place that others were filling up their water tanks, and it was clearly marked portable water. I filled my 6 gallon container up with the five gallons and drop in my little purifying tablets in but it didn't kill the bug in the water - cryptosporidiosis. needless to say I got rather sick off of it, so I ended up with a week's worth of things I hoped to leave at home. I dumped the water as a precaution and went back to distilled water as soon as I got into Utah.

Now the stuff I use, [FONT=verdana, arial, helvetica]WaterMaker Chlor-Floc (that is the commercial name of it, I have a large supply of the military version of it) kills everything and as I remember it was to kill the [/FONT]cryptosporidiosis but it is not on the list of the product, so I my have lucked out.

Oh and it wasn't the container, I returned to the same place while passing through and got a water sample to give to the state. The confirmed that it was the source and since took the tap out (or it was that way when I was there last).

 

[davekc]

Most of the time it is marked. We used the fresh water for showers and doing dishes etc. Anything for drinking or brushing teeth, we purchased water by the gallon at Walmart. We bought 5 or 6 gallons at a time and kept one in the truck and the rest in a outside tool box. They were roughly 50 or 60 cents per gallon.

 

[jaminjim]

A garden hose is not made for drinking water, you should buy a hose listed as NSF approved. It's kind of the same as a UL sticker, except it's for the food industry.

 

[Moot]

A garden hose is not made for drinking water, you should buy a hose listed as NSF approved. It's kind of the same as a UL sticker, except it's for the food industry.

Jim is correct. Something about the porosity of a garden hose that can harbor bacteria and other nasty stuff. In my formative years I drank from garden hoses and sprinklers. Still do! When canoing I will occasionally drink directly from larger lakes that have no signs of beaver populations.

Camco makes a variety of hoses and other stuff for the R.V. industry. Brita makes different size self contained filter/containers for refrigerators.

I've got to make a quick dash to the men's room. Be back in a flash.

 

[mjolnir131]

Jim is correct. Something about the porosity of a garden hose that can harbor bacteria and other nasty stuff. In my formative years I drank from garden hoses and sprinklers. Still do! When canoing I will occasionally drink directly from larger lakes that have no signs of beaver populations.

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it might be that but i think if memory serves me right it has to do with garden hose haveing a slightly different chemical compastion and giving off some polycarbons that are bad for the body

 

[ATeam]

I stand corrected on my "no difference between hoses" info. You learn something new every day.

 

[layoutshooter]

We have a small 5 gallon water tank that we don't use. We have 6 1 gallon water bottles that we fill at Wally World or other stores. Most Wally Worlds charge between .29 to .33 per gallon. It is filtered tap water. At home we filter our own tap water and fill with that. Layoutshooter