Maybe you shouldn't drink that water! (1 Viewer)

[Deleted member 29692]

If it tastes ok out of a sealed bottle and it's cold it's fresh enough for me.
But then I also like black pudding and tripe.

Most of it does taste OK, as does most tap water. What I don't understand is how anyone can possibly think bottled water is fresh.

I like black pudding too, had some this morning You're on your own with tripe though

 

[robrace]

We always use the water from the tank and have been all the 40 years or so we have had a camper!It hasn't killed us yet!

 

[Robert Clark]

We stopped drinking & brewing tea from the tank as the tea always had a layer of scum on it, even with fresh water on board

That's most likely to be lime scale, a water filter would help remove it, though it does no harm

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[Deleted member 29692]

We stopped drinking & brewing tea from the tank as the tea always had a layer of scum on it, even with fresh water on board

That's most likely to be lime scale, a water filter would help remove it, though it does no harm

It's just hard water. As Robert says it's basically what causes limescale. Our tap water at home is like it so we use a filter jug for water that's going in the kettle. If I'm drinking cold water or squash though I don't worry about it. It's tasteless and harmless.

 

[sdc77]

Just tucking into his dinner ..

 

[mitzimad]

we always drink from our tanks cant see the point of having them otherwise

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[sdc77]

we always drink from our tanks cant see the point of having them otherwise

We use the tanks for showering and cooking.. thats why we have them. It's just us ..

 

[Deleted member 29692]

Just tucking into his dinner .. View attachment 94831

If you really cared you would let him have a pint with his dinner

 

[Barclaybasher]

In your house the mains water stop valve is normally below the kitchen sink.... why?

.....Because fresh water from the mains was considered better for drinking/cooking than from a tank sat in your loft

I fill a container from my sink tap before any trip, or use bottled water for drinking if I run out, for cooking I would happily use tank water ......... boiled

I would only drink water from the tank as a last resort......

.........after running out of beer or wine...

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[Chris]

We don't drink from the tank , only bottled water.

I do boil a kettle from tank water though to make tea.

 

[Robert Clark]

In your house the mains water stop valve is normally below the kitchen sink.... why?

.....Because fresh water from the mains was considered better for drinking/cooking than from a tank sat in your loft

I fill a container from my sink tap before any trip, or use bottled water for drinking if I run out, for cooking I would happily use tank water ......... boiled

I would only drink water from the tank as a last resort......

.........after running out of beer or wine...

The tank in your loft is not sealed and can easily get contaminated
The tank in your MH is sealed, so just like a large bottle
It's relatively small too, and is likely to be replenished daily or every other day

 

[jollyrodger]

Water is fine ..taken in the right spirit

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[Barclaybasher]

The tank in your MH is sealed, so just like a large bottle
It's relatively small too, and is likely to be replenished daily or every other day

The tank is not sealed..... the pump could not work .....in a vacuum

 

[Robert Clark]

The tank is not sealed..... the pump could not work .....in a vacuum

I agree that it's vented, but its not open topped like a roof tank is
Furthermore it's not in direct sunlight, unlike bottled water, which could have been stored in the sun for ages

 

[Barclaybasher]

I agree that it's vented, but its not open topped like a roof tank is
Furthermore it's not in direct sunlight, unlike bottled water, which could have been stored in the sun for ages

My tank (at home) is in the loft........... no sunlight there...... tank water will go stale.... OK for boiling, washing but not (for me) drinking...might be safe but has a 'taste'

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[Robert Clark]

tank water will go stale

That's my point though, it won't go stale, because you fill your tank today with clean fresh water, and drink it the same day - or maybe tomorrow.

Buy a bottle of water and who knows how long its been hanging around in the shop

You stick with your old bottled stuff and I'll stick with fresh pure water from my tank

 

[Barclaybasher]

That's my point though, it won't go stale, because you fill your tank today with clean fresh water, and drink it the same day - or maybe tomorrow.

You're drinking too much water!

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[funflair]

The tank in your loft is not sealed and can easily get contaminated
The tank in your MH is sealed, so just like a large bottle
It's relatively small too, and is likely to be replenished daily or every other day

Surely the tank in the loft of a house is to feed the hot water system, the cold will be direct from the mains.

And yes we drink the tank water, why not.

Martin

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[MR. FUSION]

For anyone thinking its OK not to drink tank water but are washing up or cleaning your teeth with it, you are then in contact with everything that is in your tank (according to the association of environmental health officers). So you had better be 100% confident it's OK!

 

[Movinon]

I have taken water from rivers, lakes, parks, cemetaries, public toilets, water butts and taps sited in dubious places or labelled as "not for drinking". All of it goes in the main tank. I can be casual about this as I am very careful to keep drinking (and teeth cleaning) water separate, and only taken from hygienic and reliable sources.

As for taking water from the tank, poor chlorination of water or a buildup of contaminants in the plumbing may not readily be detected, necessitating boiling as a standard procedure. Bacterial contamination can be overcome this way but not mineral sensitivity. For this a water filter is the best option. Of course some people are more sensitive than others, possibly due to a different mix of gut bacteria.

 

[Traveller_HA5_3DOM]

I am no expert in this field but as I understand it tap water contains LCG or liquified chlorine gas. This is the way that microbes and bacteria are controlled. When you turn the tap on and the water meets the atmosphere the chlorine gas is dispersed into the air. With this in mind the storage of water after this release of chlorine becomes important if you are to prevent contamination. I have no idea how the bottled water producers keep their water safe to drink but quite frankly I am in awe of the trust that people place in it.
The dog is aware of the taste and smell of tap water and it's seen by them as tainted.
Just as an aside and to bring in the Germans, they were considered to be the first to use chlorine of lime at the turn of the nineteenth century to purify their water.

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[Robert Clark]

Surely the tank in the loft of a house is to feed the hot water system, the cold will be direct from the mains.

And yes we drink the tank water, why not.

Martin

Years ago it was commonplace for many of the cold water taps in a house to be fed from the tank in the loft. I've seen loft tanks with dead birds in them - yuk !

 

[Doctor Dave]

Before taking delivery of our boat we went to a boat show with the intention of buying a filter system for the cold water. The chap demonstrating them had a filter system that was fed from a tank filled with canal water (where does so called grey water go from canal boats?) and just to make things interesting he emptied a bottle of Quink ink into the tank. He drew a glass of water through the filter system and offered it to me. It was lovely to drink and beautifully clear with no off taste what-so-ever. That is when we bought our first Seagull IV filter system.

Moving on a dozen or so years and we bought our van and I bought our second Seagull IV and plumbed it in.

Would never buy bottled water - have you noticed it has a "best before" date on it? This is water that fell onto the earth many thousands of years ago and it gets put into a dubious plastic bottle and then has to be used within a short time.

So it's Seagull IV (AKA Natures Pure) for me.

Dave

 

[Shrimp]

I think you will find that many years ago the hot water system was fed from a tank in the loft but cold water came straight from the mains.

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[Jabberwocky]

In the same way that you shouldn't drink from the hot tap in your house you shouldn't drink from the tank in your motorhome, however as long as it hasn't been sat for weeks or months and you clean the tank every now and again it should be fine.

Due to the age of our MH (20years old) we drink bottled water but will make tea and coffee from the tank water and we will cook using it.

 

[Granjan]

We use Aquatabs disolved in a glass then added to the tank when abroad or if worried in any way. I have always felt bottled water was the biggest con out and only buy it when absolutely necessary.

 

[peterc10]

I think you will find that many years ago the hot water system was fed from a tank in the loft but cold water came straight from the mains.

I have had homes built from the 1920s through to the 1970s. All had a water header tank that fed all of the hot and cold taps, except the kitchen cold tap, which was only mains pressure tap in the building. I think you may be thinking of the header/expansion tank for the hot water circulation to the radiators and primary feed to the hot water cylinder.

Modern houses seem to be changing to either combi boilers or main pressure water systems, neither of which have a water header tank.

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[Huwmari]

We always drink the water from our tanks and always will. Our dogs are the same - they drink from anything they find.

The water you generally put into your MH tank is tap water. It doesn't suddenly become less safe because it's stored for a few days.

The only time our tank has ever been cleaned is after a fill up somewhere in France gave it the dreaded TCP taint which although harmless doesn't taste very nice. The only way to get rid of it in the end was to use Puriclean.

Hear hear! Tap water in this country,"eau potable" in France and its equivalent in other countries is perfectly safe and drinkable. Why make work/waste money/use up storage when you have a perfectly good supply of drinking water in your motorhome tank?

 

[ceejayt]

Swear by our nature pure water purifier and never had a problem even in places like Morocco. Definitely a must have for us. Just remember - you do need to change the filter at least once a year.

 

[Taran_Las]

I only drink bottled water. If I have visitors to the van I give them water from the tank.

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