Thread: Water Tanks

If it was me I'd start with just flushing through a heap of good clean water and looking out for any smells/odours that may spell 'an issue'. So a good flush may do the job and set my mind at ease.


I'd suggest maybe contacting someone like your local council health inspector and getting their free advice. We pay council rates and they usually provide a community health service, so I suggest 'use it'. I'm not sure how helpful they will be but it is worth a try!


Hope this helps?

Fill it up and get the wife to drink out of it first, if she's OK after a couple of days your good to go


Otherwise, like has already been said, give it a good flush if you know it's idle history and maybe throw in a few purer tablets from a camping store that kill bugs.


We ways use bottled water from home for drinking and use the trailer tank for cooking so it's always boiled before we use it, or we shower with it. I still empty it out and leave the lid off for a couple of days so the tank dries before I seal it again, so I understand where your coming from.

My first response is a bottle of bleach, but maybe the stuff for cleaning home brew bottles is safer. Or second rinse at least.

sodium hyperchlorate, aka Bleach same stuff most councils add to your drinking water.

Originally Posted by goingbush

sodium hyperchlorate, aka Bleach same stuff most councils add to your drinking water.

Second that. As long as you are going to flush it, make it as strong as you like! We used to use it in refrigeration cooling towers among other jobs to combat potential legionella! Cheap and effective.

Yeah a little bleach wont hurt and is easily diluted when flushing it out.

The stuff called "Milton" is sold at any chemist for sterilising baby bottles. Works well on water drums/tanks.

x2 Miltons
Don.