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

[Shrimp]

Do you drink the water in your MH tank?
We don't and never have but the poor dog has!
Last winter we had a lot of trouble with the dog being ill, she spent a lot of time in Vets here & there and lost a lot of weight. It was all bowel problems and we struggled to find a food that would stay in her for any length of time. Looking back I realised I had been giving her MH tank water in her water bowl, as soon as we moved out of the van for a few months and she was on tap water the problem cleared.
She's fine now and on tap water only.

 

[DavidG58]

Our dog seems to go out of her way to find the most disgusting places to drink from in preference to her bowl, regularly drinking from buckets or pot trays in the garden that have collected rainwater, that has usually gone green

 

[StefAndDi]

We have never consumed the water from the on-board tank and would never give it to our dogs.
Stef.

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[icantremember]

As David says, dogs will drink from anywhere they can so doubt it was your tank water causing the problem .... unless you had left any bleach type substance after cleaning the tank.
If you are concerned about the quality of water in the tank then a Nature Pure filter will solve it.

 

[dpsuk999]

I always use and drink water from our tanks, that's what it was designed for and if properly cleaned and maintained then there is no reason not to use them as designed.

 

[Puddleduck]

Our dog seems to go out of her way to find the most disgusting places to drink from in preference to her bowl, regularly drinking from buckets or pot trays in the garden that have collected rainwater, that has usually gone green

Our hens did that.... always the muckiest puddle they could find ignoring the fresh water I provided several times a day, oh, they would look at my offering and then turn away - unless there was a clove of garlic in there. One of the hens loved garlic and would fish it out, run off with every other hen chasing her as they thought she'd found something worth being mugged for!!!

We don't drink the water from our tank..... not even after it's been boiled and have a gallon plastic container we fill at least once a day. Water from there is used for drinking or in tea.

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[maison]

We have always used the on board tank to drink from.

We make sure it is thoroughly rinsed out after each trip and remove the large cap on the tank to check it is clean.

We have never had a problem in over 20 years of motorhoming although, that is almost certainly tempting fate.

We are also that peculiar breed that uses their onboard facilities, including the shower, every day.

 

[Jim]

We drink the water from our tank every day. But we use a Water Purifier. And for good reason. I took this photo the other day. A large site, the only Fresh water tap with a hose permanantly attached and hovering just a foot over the Elsan disposal point.

 

[buttons]

Dogs eat other dogs and foxes shite, they drink from a cesspit. Perhaps your tank water is just too good for the dog.

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[maison]

@Jim
Do we have a " disgusting" button yet?

 

[Deleted member 29692]

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.

 

[Kim H]

If you are concerned about the quality of water in the tank then a Nature Pure filter will solve it.

Another vote for Nature Pure - we always drink the water from the tank, however we fill the dog bowl through the normal tap not the filtered tap, never had a problem.

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[Beacons]

Never drink or cook with tanked water.

 

[ukbill]

in the words of w.c.fields
"never drink water fish make love in it"
drink gin

 

[Kirsten]

what about cooking or drinking when tanked?? Lots of water threads- thought Funsters would be more about drinking beer and wine xxx?

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[ianhyslop]

The only water I drink has been distilled or fermented , problem solved .

 

[Theonlysue]

Always use water from tank.
But have started boiling large kettle in morning for my coffee, and the rest when cooled, for the dog.
Goodness knows why I do is, as some of the stuff she has ate and drunk.... ha ha

 

[BusyBuilder]

Is it okay to put Aqua Sol in tank ?

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[Stroppy Bird]

We drink water from the tank, and often it's not boiled either. I don't have a water filter, but am fussy about where I fill up from.

But then I think I must have guts of steel.

Many years ago working in the outback I had run out of water and was absolutely gasping for a drink (to the extent I was starting to dream about the water content in my slice of tomato in my cheese and tomato sandwiches!) so when we reached a water reservoir I waded my horse out to the centre, tipped my mug in and guzzled like it was going out of fashion. Bearing in mind there were also cattle stood in the reservoir pi$$ing and shi££ing I am amazed I never became ill.

 

[9526]

We buy bottled water for drinking, but use the tank for cooking or making tea/coffee.

That way we don't have to worry too much about Jim's example of a fill point and you can keep a bottle in the fridge (cold water is bloomin lovely)

 

[maison]

@mickyc
With respect.

We would never, ever, fill up at such a point as in Jim's pic.

Although we use water from the tank we would run a mile from any water point like that. You have to be sensible.

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[tonyidle]

Water supplies in the UK are stored in reservoirs or tanks then after purification and (still containing the chemicals used to do so) are used to fill your MH tank. Anything life- or health- threatening will be destroyed by whatever is used to purify the water in the first place. If your tank and pipes allow algae of one sort or another to grow then imagine what the inside of the UK water supply network looks like. Algae stains in pipes or tank don't look too good but cannot, on the basis that I and many others drink the water, do any harm.

 

[Robert Clark]

I carry a bottle of clear antibacterial spray, which I apply to the tap connector before filling

I always use my own filler hose - as I know where it's been

I never leave water in the fresh water tank between trips - and only re fill it the day before we leave home.

If in doubt I clean the tank using a specialist tank cleaner

I tend to avoid drinking bottled water because you never know how long it's been on the shelf

We've always drunk the water from our tank and never had a problem

 

[PP Bear]

Always have done!! Why wouldn't you?

Spends £10's of £1000's of pounds on a home from home and not use it to the full capacity

Of course I sterilise as required and then a deep clean and hey presto, 136lts of drinking water

The only other thing I do is simply filter it through the normal jug. Tastes yummy too

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[Just smiffy]

Do you remember the water tanks up in the loft..? Water came through lead pipes and sat in the rusty metal tank in the loft with all the spiders and wood lice and if your really lucky a dead pigeon or bird until you bathed, brushed your teeth and drank it in the middle of the night....

Most of us are still here....

 

[Deleted member 29692]

I tend to avoid drinking bottled water because you never know how long it's been on the shelf

Now that's a great point

Lots of people on this, and other threads won't "risk" drinking water that's been in the plastic storage tank of their motorhome for perhaps a couple of days but will quite happily drink bottled water that's been in a plastic storage vessel for an unspecified, but certainly a lot longer than a few days, amount of time.

I love how peoples minds work

 

[sdc77]

We don't drink from the tank. We have bottled water. The dug has bottled water too.
I know he drinks from any old cesspit outside but it's our choice to give him nice fresh cold water when we're in the van (and at home)

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[Deleted member 29692]

nice fresh cold water when we're in the van

Define fresh...

Water that came out of a tap yesterday or water that was bottled 6 months ago and has been sat in a supermarket distribution centre?

 

[sdc77]

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.

 

[Rick]

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

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