Bacteria
can grow inside an RV's fresh-water tank and plumbing system when the water sits too long.
Sanitize the fresh-water system in your RV at the beginning and end of each camping
season, whenever the RV has sat unused for a long time or whenever the RV water looks or
smells bad. First, don't use just "any old hose," to hook up your fresh
water supply. Garden hoses are designed for watering plants, and may contain chemicals you
wouldn't want to drink. Fresh water supply hoses are specially designed for drinking
water, and usually are marked NSF drinking water safe. Before you hook up your supply
hose, there's a couple of safety precautions to observe. The first is simple: Not everyone
is as concerned about the safety of your drinking water as you are. Someone who came to
that RV space before you did may have actually rinsed their sewer hose off under your
drinking water tap--possibly touching the tap with that icky hose. Some RVers carry a
small spray bottle of bleach water. Give the water tap a quick shot of bleach water and a
wipe down with a paper towel.
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