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John4703

29/10/2017 at 3:52pm
Location: Glasgow
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I rinsed my aquaroll with tap water five years ago before I used it for the first time. I've done nothing to it since apart from filling it from the tap on site and using the water. We wash with it, wash up with it and drink it.
No problems at all.
I fitted a new water storage tank in my loft at home about ten years ago and I've never cleaned that either.

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Tidburyboy

29/10/2017 at 9:35pm
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Quote: Originally posted by John4703 on 29/10/2017
I rinsed my aquaroll with tap water five years ago before I used it for the first time. I've done nothing to it since apart from filling it from the tap on site and using the water. We wash with it, wash up with it and drink it.
No problems at all.
I fitted a new water storage tank in my loft at home about ten years ago and I've never cleaned that either.

Fair enough, but the water storage tank only feeds the hot water tank, so unless you drink water from the hot tap you'll not be digesting the dead flys and pigeon s**t

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SamP

30/10/2017 at 1:22am
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Interesting that this thread started off in 2007, lay dormant for 10 years, & then came back to life.

It shows that the basics in tin tenting don't change too much.

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LobeyDosser

30/10/2017 at 2:56pm
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Like many other aspects of camping/caravanning, it all comes down to personal experience.

Up until 6 years ago we had never had any problems with using drinking water straight from the taps/water butt. We have been camping/caravanning for over 60 years.

Then we got foul water from a tap on a caravan site (now closed) that made us ill for a few days.

Since then all drinking water comes straight from the site tap and is kept in a 5 gallon separate container and used only for filling the kettle.

It's a pity that one site has rather spoiled a life long practise, but it is better to be safe than sorry.

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