Do you drink the water from your PUP tank?

[Customer]

I have a filter in it however I have my MSR Reactor 206 that i use to filter it again into drinking water. Considering the anti freeze and things put in it, then bleach...drive and swish the water around...no thank you. Don't want to take my chances drinking antifreeze that was in a corner I missed and these days they lie about how clean the drinking water really is. - So it's a negative over here.

Are you aware that RV antifreeze is the same stuff that is used in some fancy coffee flavorings for sweetening?

Are you also aware that public water supplies are more highly regulated and tested than the bottlers?

 

[mantis32]

Are you aware that RV antifreeze is the same stuff that is used in some fancy coffee flavorings for sweetening?

Are you also aware that public water supplies are more highly regulated and tested than the bottlers?

I wasn't aware however I eat rather healthy in the sense that I don't eat anything that has an ingredient that i can't buy off a grocery store shelf.

As for the water..yes I'm aware of that however tell that to the people of detroit or those in PA who can light their water on fire. [emoji1]

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[JustRelax]

I have no problem drinking from the tank for sanitary reasons but do not prefer water that is near ambient temperature when it's hot outside. A crisp one out of the cooler is much more refreshing IMO. Camping is about the only time I use bottled water. Once I drink them I refill during the trip from the tank to put back in the cooler and recycle when I get home. I'll also collect the half drank ones the kids walk away from and combine and put back in the cooler.

 

[mpking]

I'll also collect the half drank ones the kids walk away from and combine and put back in the cooler.

Yep. Me too. One of these days I'll get them trained to do it themselves, or finish the thing...

 

[rjhammetter]

We bring bottled water with us. Easier to keep cold in the cooler or PUP fridge.

We would have no problem using and drinking water from the tank since we fill up at home before camping. The outdoor spigots at home run the same city water as the indoor cold faucets do, except it's not softened. I plan to santize when I de-winterize at the beginning of every season.

 

[Harvardroger]

Usually don't use the pup water for drinking. We will use it for cooking, washing, etc. Usually take a case of bottled water to use for coffee.

 

[kcsa75]

We don't normally use the tank as our regular campground has water available at the campsite. DW doesn't like the taste of the campground water though, so we bought a five-gallon water cooler that we fill up at home. Over the course of the weekend, I throw one or two bags (depending on outdoor temperature) of ice in there. In addition to keeping it cold, as the ice melts it resupplys the "good tasting" water.

 

[michaeltdyer]

My vintage camper has a plastic tank and despite repeated flushing with bleach and replacing all the plastic water hoses, the water still tastes bad. Some day I will have to find a new tank, but for now I use the tank water for washing and bring drinking water in jugs.

 

[jjg]

We use the PUP water for dishes, and hand washing, which we seem to use up rather fast. So we carry bottled water for drinking. At night we will use the sink water for washing faces and brushing teeth. I sanitize yearly and empty tank when not in use. I feel it is safe.

 

[Aladin Sane]

I wasn't aware however I eat rather healthy in the sense that I don't eat anything that has an ingredient that i can't buy off a grocery store shelf.



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I work in the food additive industry. Unless you are growing only your own food, you are consuming a lot of things you are not aware of from reading labels. Propylene glycol should be the least of your worries.

 

[ribs1]

Yes, of course we do. I sanitize every spring and again about midseason.

There is no major difference between your fresh water tank and a water jug from the store. If you put safe water in, you get safe water out.

There is a big major difference between your water tank and a jug from the store. You can take a jug and fill it with hot water and soap and really clean it. Rinse the soap and sanitize with bleach water then completely dry. Your tank almost always has at least a little water sitting stagnant. I am not saying it is unsafe, but it is often stagnant tasting to me.

 

[ribs1]

I think this is personal preference and there is nothing unsafe about drinking water from your tank assuming it has been sanitized at least once per year.
I do not drink water out of the pups tank. I bring an aquatainer and fill it from the campground tap or pump and keep that outside for drinking.

 

[mantis32]

I can only go as far as the ingredients listed and stick to fresh where possible. I grab my meat from a farm, participate in co ops, homestead, grow some food and have chickens in my backyard
Avoiding the antifreeze in my pup is within my control. Lobbying for more food disclosure is out of my budget. [emoji1]

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[ribs1]

I can only go as far as the ingredients listed and stick to fresh where possible. I grab my meat from a farm, participate in co ops, homestead, grow some food and have chickens in my backyard
Avoiding the antifreeze in my pup is within my control. Lobbying for more food disclosure is out of my budget. [emoji1]

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Me too. No matter how many times I flush the system I can still smell the antifreeze.

 

[Customer]

I always find these threads comical. The worry warts might want to consider there is no new water. The water that was on this planet in the very beginning is still here. Yesterday's urine is today's tall cool drink of water!

 

[Snow]

I always find these threads comical. The worry warts might want to consider there is no new water. The water that was on this planet in the very beginning is still here. Yesterday's urine is today's tall cool drink of water!

Me too, but I like the ones who claim they can taste and smell the antifreeze even after multiple rinsing but they say nothing about the smell or taste of the chlorine used in Municipal water supplies ...

 

[R00]

Are you also aware that public water supplies are more highly regulated and tested than the bottlers?

Tell that to the residents in Flint, MI

 

[ribs1]

Me too, but I like the ones who claim they can taste and smell the antifreeze even after multiple rinsing but they say nothing about the smell or taste of the chlorine used in Municipal water supplies ...

I can taste both. Also, RV Antifreeze tastes terrible. Tiny amounts of chlorine are acceptable because we are all used to it from birth. In any case, I have well water at my house and an RO system.
There is no reason to put people down for their preference. I don't think anyone here suggested that anyone other than themselves should drink the water from their tank or not.

 

[NJGuy]

I bring a separate water container for drinking to be safe. Considering buying a filter.

 

[f5moab]

Do the people who use the large 5 gallons plastic containers sanitize them on occasion? They need to be sanitized just like the plastic water tank and lines in the trailer!

And no need to fill a hot water heater or tank with anti-freeze. Drain both and there are usually bypass valves to bypass the water heater so just drain it and use the bypass valves to winterize the pump; lines, faucet etc.