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    Hi,

    Many thanks for all of your insight and shared experiences.
    I think I will bring water test tabs and see the quality of the campground water. I am almost afraid to see the results.

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    Quote Originally Posted by SGT ROC View Post
    For cooking we bring water from home in 2 large Thermos containers (about 2 gallons each). For drinking we bring bottled water, the amount depends on if we have Kids/grandkids and length of stay. To be clear, there is only one campground I will not use the water for anything 0ther than Showers and so on. It smells of sulfur terribly. I reserve the water from home for her. (I do not drink the water from any campground. It's an old habit from many Vacations to the Caribbean. Making that mistake once was enough for us....
    We always use the campground water through a filter
    Municipal water sources are heavily regulated. At least here in Canada they are. Always safe
    Bottled water companies are not regulated


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    Quote Originally Posted by NB Canada View Post
    We always use the campground water through a filter
    Municipal water sources are heavily regulated. At least here in Canada they are. Always safe
    Bottled water companies are not regulated


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    As are most of the ones here. The one with the Bad water (in my opinion) is on its own water supply as it's private - and about 10 miles from a very tiny town . I'm sure it's safe to drink, but I won't. And we use a filter, always
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    OOPS...Double Tap.
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    Leave it to @Second Chance to throw a wrench in the gears... :-) I sanitize my water system with bleach. Having said that, last season we developed a rotten egg smell when using hot water. After struggling with this for a couple of trips, I was advised not to use a solid aluminum anode rod as this promotes a certain bacterial growth that gives off a rotten egg smell. I was told to change the anode to an aluminum/magnesium(?) rod to prevent this from occurring. I was also advised to sanitize the water heater tank (by itself) using hydrogen peroxide, as chlorine is (mildly) caustic and could damage the tank. After changing the anode and sanitizing (maybe cleaning is a better term) the water heater tank with hydrogen peroxide, the smell was gone and has never returned.

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    I don't think I've ever read about sanitizing water hoses. I have a hose I use when at full hookup sites and a couple of 100 ft. Zero G hoses I use strictly for filling my fresh tank at State Parks where the community spigot might be a distance from my RV. Every spring, mid summer and again in the fall, I put my hoses in a large storage tote with a water/bleach mix and let them soak overnight. Bacteria can grow in the hoses too.

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    Quote Originally Posted by LV Naturist View Post
    Leave it to @Second Chance to throw a wrench in the gears... :-) I sanitize my water system with bleach. Having said that, last season we developed a rotten egg smell when using hot water. After struggling with this for a couple of trips, I was advised not to use a solid aluminum anode rod as this promotes a certain bacterial growth that gives off a rotten egg smell. I was told to change the anode to an aluminum/magnesium(?) rod to prevent this from occurring. I was also advised to sanitize the water heater tank (by itself) using hydrogen peroxide, as chlorine is (mildly) caustic and could damage the tank. After changing the anode and sanitizing (maybe cleaning is a better term) the water heater tank with hydrogen peroxide, the smell was gone and has never returned.

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    Unless you have access to lab-grade hydrogen peroxide, it does not make sense to shock the water heater with it. What you smell is hydrogen sulfide vapor produced from sulfate-reducing bacteria, and you receive this from well water (disinfection processes of public water supply kill the bacteria) which is something we know well having well water. One thing that was incorrect advice - does not matter if your anode is all-aluminum or magnesium-aluminum when either corrodes the reaction with the sulfates in the water ensues. If you can find a zinc anode rod, that is the ticket and they are out there for RV water heaters but generally an order-in affair.

    The bacteria is killed readily with chlorine. In fact, the pro shock process is to use chlorine, but hydrogen peroxide works but if you cannot lay hands on industrial (i.e., 90%+) strength you my find it ineffective because household strength goes to water quickly as the other Rob pointed out.

    If you are not full-timing and constantly running water through your freshwater system, the best piece of advice I can share to maintain freshness is that when you get home from every trip, flush ALL of your freshwater system with water of known quality. FWIW, many States offer free yearly testing, or testing at a small fee, of your home's water.
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    Quote Originally Posted by RobWNY View Post
    I don't think I've ever read about sanitizing water hoses. I have a hose I use when at full hookup sites and a couple of 100 ft. Zero G hoses I use strictly for filling my fresh tank at State Parks where the community spigot might be a distance from my RV. Every spring, mid summer and again in the fall, I put my hoses in a large storage tote with a water/bleach mix and let them soak overnight. Bacteria can grow in the hoses too.
    Absolutely! However, you want to make sure your hose is completely filled and have displaced all air with the bleach solution. I link all of our hose together, and put an old twist nozzle on one end and pump the solution in the other. When it's flowing out the nozzle steady, close the nozzle and the other end the demand pump stops. Disconnect the pump, cap the end and let it sit and flush well. Nice a fresh thereafter.
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    Quote Originally Posted by geotex1 View Post
    Absolutely! However, you want to make sure your hose is completely filled and have displaced all air with the bleach solution. I link all of our hose together, and put an old twist nozzle on one end and pump the solution in the other. When it's flowing out the nozzle steady, close the nozzle and the other end the demand pump stops. Disconnect the pump, cap the end and let it sit and flush well. Nice a fresh thereafter.
    I wish I had a way to pump the sanitizing water into my hose. Also wish I had a better way to put the chlorine into the RV fresh tank than by using a funnel in the gravity fill port....
    (This on an Imagine 2670MK with the non-nautilus control panel)

    Has anyone seen a fitting that can plug into the outside spray port, and then connect a hose? That would fix the first issue for me.
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    Quote Originally Posted by sande005 View Post
    I wish I had a way to pump the sanitizing water into my hose. Also wish I had a better way to put the chlorine into the RV fresh tank than by using a funnel in the gravity fill port....
    (This on an Imagine 2670MK with the non-nautilus control panel)

    Has anyone seen a fitting that can plug into the outside spray port, and then connect a hose? That would fix the first issue for me.
    You can connect a hose to the coiled hose that plugs into the spray port


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