Some thing to think about for those of us who get water in camp grounds and other remote sources: These remote sources of water can have giardia and other nasties. Even if they claim that the water is treated or filtered, etc. All water treatment systems can fail. Especially when they are maintained by a government employee. With this in mind I suggest that cleaning of the water tank be done with either chlorine or iodine. I believe both in the proper concentrations over the proper time period at the proper water temperature will kill giardia. Because backpack stores are probably more expert at killing giardia than RV stores, I buy my iodine tablets there. Follow the directions on the package!! I first dissolve them in a smaller container of water (enough tablets for the 10 gallon tank that VW claims is 13 gallons) before pouring into the tank and filling. I use the pump to get mixture into pipes. Then drive around to slosh onto inside top tank walls. After the proper time period you can then either drain the tank and refill with new city tap water. Or if you are on a trip, got the water from a suspect source, and have not city water access you can simply drop a few of the NEUTRALIZER TABLETS (something new in the past few years) that come packaged with the iodine tablets into the water, wait a few minutes and drink the treated water (this is what some of us backpackers do with every quart of water that we get out of a lake or a stream). The neutralizer tablets deactivate the iodine, clear up the water, and take the iodine taste away (actually tastes good). Bill |
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