“Fresh” water

[rvkev]

What a great topic. Elemental but important topic for any camper. Yes we grew up drinking out of the hose. Even used to put the nozzle on and to floss our teeth to see who can the most pressure. Ha Ha.

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Running a little bleach through your connection hose is simple and effective. At the beginning of the season I add a quart of bleach to the fill hose and then rinse the tanks out.

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When camping I do not rely on taste or smell. I purchased a simple water tester. The cost is $20.00 give or take depending on what you want to spend. This electronic device will not detect anything good or bad. The tester will give you Parts Per Million PPM of total dissolved solids. My on board Reverse Osmosis tests at less than thirty PPM. You can test your bottled water too with the same tester. Most campgrounds I have been to test at 150 to 200 PPM. Tap water for many municipalities is about the same. I did drink from the hose 60 years ago. I am more careful now days.

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In short get Reverse Osmosis on board system or drink bottled water after you have tested the bottled water or RO water output. Showering with camp water is fine unless you have a compromised immune system.

 

[Phillbo]

If you use a filter, be it one you hook up to supply the entire trailer, or one for just drinking water.....if you store it between uses, you must put it in a refrigerator or you will risk contamination as bacteria can grow inside the membrane.

I keep mine in the freezer