Water storage
-
- Posts: 2019
- Joined: Fri Nov 23, 2012 2:43 pm
- Location: N.F.A.
Water storage
I know many people draw their drinking water from their tanks. Our tanks dont always taste the best, so we have gone the other way, and just buy a 10l water from Coles. Thats our drinking supply, and sometimes cooking too. Takes up sod all room, and means the water quality is consistent. The containers cut in half make great storage containers too
Wobblybox on wheels
Pace Arrow. La de da, property in two continents..
Pace Arrow. La de da, property in two continents..
-
- Posts: 24722
- Joined: Fri Nov 23, 2012 6:12 pm
- Location: Strathalbyn SA
- Been thanked: 37 times
Re: Water storage
We have also been buying the occasional 10lit for drinking as some of the so called "good water" has been less than good even going through the finest of filters. Thanks for the tip about the cutting them in half.
Queen of the Banal & OT chatter and proud of it. If it offends you then tough titty titty bang bang.
-
- Posts: 15972
- Joined: Fri Nov 23, 2012 3:44 pm
- Location: Mannum South Australia by the beautiful Murray River
- Has thanked: 51 times
- Been thanked: 30 times
Re: Water storage
We are a bit miserable regarding the empty water bottles and refill them where the water taste good, even the little personal size bottles as they go from the fridge or freezer into the cooler bag for drinking water when driving or out looking around and work well for that drink beside the bed when you wake up in the small hrs of the morning.
T1 Terry
T1 Terry
A person may fail many times, they only become a failure when they blame someone else John Burrows
Those who struggle to become a leader, rarely know a clear direction forward for anyone but themselves
Those who struggle to become a leader, rarely know a clear direction forward for anyone but themselves
-
- Posts: 889
- Joined: Wed Nov 28, 2012 4:42 pm
- Location: Urunga NSW 2455
Re: Water storage
Supermarket water for sure. Some of the "town" water tastes like it been filtered through a cow paddock. We also have filters and well as rain water collection but the only way to get good clean water is to dump what's in the tanks and go to rain water again if there is enough.
Dirk
Dirk
-
- Posts: 49
- Joined: Sun Jun 09, 2013 10:55 am
- Location: Fleurieu Peninsula
Re: Water storage
I don't have a lot of bench space in my van, so I use a Brita jug for drinking water. I also have one of those 4 litre Frantelle water bottles, it's not too heavy and I can refill it from the Brita jug. If we're going bush for a while, I'll usually stash a couple of 10 litre casks for an emergency.
Tomorrow - a mystical land where 99% of all human productivity, motivation & achievement is stored.
-
- Posts: 24722
- Joined: Fri Nov 23, 2012 6:12 pm
- Location: Strathalbyn SA
- Been thanked: 37 times
Re: Water storage
When we were at Silverton the taps had "warnings" do not drink or bathe in it so the cp manager said to use the water tank (rainwater) well that water is so hard nothing will lather in it
not even the Gman 


Queen of the Banal & OT chatter and proud of it. If it offends you then tough titty titty bang bang.
-
- Posts: 1357
- Joined: Mon Feb 23, 2015 8:21 am
- Location: Tasmania
- Has thanked: 5 times
- Been thanked: 4 times
Re: Water storage
Never had any problems with water, use Brita 5lt filter jug and before that it goes through a few filters and if it's really bad water and we need it, it goes through the desalinator which produces excellent water. We also carry S/S water bottles, which have filters in them so we can fill up when not in the bus. You can also buy water filter straws, which will produce pure water from just about anything, we have a box of those on board and bought a bulk supply of brita filters for our jug from the UK at less than 1/5 the price they charge you here. So we have enough filters to last many years.
Re: Water storage
Never had any problems with water from anywhere that we have been (all states). Last year or two we did use a Brita filter attached to the sink tap. Whether that made a major difference or not, who knows?
-
- Posts: 8786
- Joined: Mon Nov 26, 2012 7:00 pm
- Location: Home on the beautiful Gold Coast for a while.
- Has thanked: 83 times
- Been thanked: 66 times
Re: Water storage
We do exactly the same as Dot and T1, if the water is a bit dodgy.
Cheers
David
David and Terrie
2006 Winnebago Alpine
Not all who wander are lost.
David
David and Terrie
2006 Winnebago Alpine
Not all who wander are lost.