Clean Water Storage and Bad Tasting Water
The water storage tank fitted to your camper, caravan or camper trailer can be the source of bad tasting water or even contaminated water.
Here are a few tips make your drinking water safer and taste nice too!
Often with new caravans or campers the water tank can have residues from the manufacturing process or simply give off a plastic taste from the water stored in it. There are several things you can do if your drinking water from the on-board storage tastes nasty. Consider these tips:
- Garden hoses are not the best to use to fill your caravan’s water tank, especially if its been laying in the sun as the chemicals in the nylon or plastic will leach into the water. Its unlikely to cause any harm, but it can make your drinking water taste like…well….drinking from a garden hose!
- Use a coloured hose specially for drinking water – they can be found at Bunnings and are usually light blue.
- After each trip empty the tank and leave the bung screw off along with the filler cap open so that the air is allowed to flow into the tank and dry it out between trips. If you park your caravan outside Read more »
