“Fresh” water

[Russellvh]

Being full time and changing Parks every couple of weeks, means I use several different hoses, as needed, for city water. I do try to drain as much as possible but I got to wondering how much mold etc. might be growing in the unused hoses between uses.

Do you do anything special to clean and / or dry your hoses when moving?

 

[Boat Bum]

I blow through one end until dry then coil and screw itself together. I never use city water hook up or drink the water onboard.

 

[Kevin D Pem]

I use My own hose. The system you tap has enough free radicals to keep the hose clear of things growing in it.

How I handle the hose supprises some people. I maintain the free radicals by coiling the hose with water intact, screwing the ends together. This keeps spores from finding there way into an open plumbing circuit (hose).

 

[Phillbo]

If i know my drinking connection hose is going to be sitting a while I pour a little bleach in it and connect the ends. Next time it's used I just rinse it out we'll before connecting to the rv.

 

[Rollin Ollen]

If i know my drinking connection hose is going to be sitting a while I pour a little bleach in it and connect the ends. Next time it's used I just rinse it out we'll before connecting to the rv.

I do the same plus I flush the hose and park plumbing for about 10 seconds (or until cool water comes out if we are parked in the heat) before attaching it to the coach.

 

[Old one]

I connect my hose ends together for the above reason, and for another: Here in Florida "we have bugs we ain't never going to use", and don't want some setting up residence in the hoses.

 

[Russellvh]

Thanks for all the responses. I guess I’ll just keep coiling and connecting together when not using them and running some water through the hose(s) to be used each time I move before hooking up. Very much a “drink from the hose” generation and grew up eating what fell to the ground or floor as long as I don’t wait over 5 seconds.

 

[Rollin Ollen]

Thanks for all the responses. I guess I’ll just keep coiling and connecting together when not using them and running some water through the hose(s) to be used each time I move before hooking up. Very much a “drink from the hose” generation and grew up eating what fell to the ground or floor as long as I don’t wait over 5 seconds.

Just an FYI: When we arrive at a park that is new to us (in the US or Canada) we do a quickie test before connecting a hose. We take a large "clear" tumbler and fill it it water (after we have let the tap run for a bit). We do a visual to make sure it is clear. Then we do a smell and if it passes those two, a taste. If it passes, then we attach the hose.

This winter we plan to spend a lot of time in Mexico. We have three filters including a reverse osmoses before any think hits our tank plus we will be doing more comprehensive testing with

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We have, in all of our years of traveling, only found a few that we discovered to be unusable and they were all in rural Saskatchewan.

 

[Dutch Star Don]

We've been RVing for 52 years. I sanitize a new RV fresh water tank once when new and then never again. When we had separate hoses, I just "walk" the hose down, coil and connect the ends. Since 2005, we've had cord reels on our three different DP's. I just power them back in and cap off.

I've been drinking the campground water for 52 years and I'm still here. I doubt anyone can find a case where someone got ill from drinking the campground water. Our coach has a wet bay filter and most of the water we drink comes from the in the door refer water which has a filter.

 

[J&JD]

We've been RVing for 52 years. I sanitize a new RV fresh water tank once when new and then never again. When we had separate hoses, I just "walk" the hose down, coil and connect the ends. Since 2005, we've had cord reels on our three different DP's. I just power them back in and cap off.

I've been drinking the campground water for 52 years and I'm still here. I doubt anyone can find a case where someone got ill from drinking the campground water. Our coach has a wet bay filter and most of the water we drink comes from the in the door refer water which has a filter.

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[Kevin D Pem]

We've been RVing for 52 years. I sanitize a new RV fresh water tank once when new and then never again. When we had separate hoses, I just "walk" the hose down, coil and connect the ends. Since 2005, we've had cord reels on our three different DP's. I just power them back in and cap off.

I've been drinking the campground water for 52 years and I'm still here. I doubt anyone can find a case where someone got ill from drinking the campground water. Our coach has a wet bay filter and most of the water we drink comes from the in the door refer water which has a filter.

Yup! What you can't see can't hurt you.

 

[rjshiflet49]

We've been RVing for 52 years. I sanitize a new RV fresh water tank once when new and then never again. When we had separate hoses, I just "walk" the hose down, coil and connect the ends. Since 2005, we've had cord reels on our three different DP's. I just power them back in and cap off.

I've been drinking the campground water for 52 years and I'm still here. I doubt anyone can find a case where someone got ill from drinking the campground water. Our coach has a wet bay filter and most of the water we drink comes from the in the door refer water which has a filter.

Ditto for 26 years...only half of your RV experience. And, at age 76 currently...probably not going to catch up with you, but we will have fun trying...and drinking the water as we go.