We have been hooked up to bore water for a few weeks now. Everything still seems ok though at the moment we arent drinking it. Can anyone suggest how to clean up our system when we get off it? I was thinking of putting a couple of liters of white vinegar in one tank and running through all the equipment and let it sit for a while then dump it.
-- Edited by ChrysGee on Sunday 9th of September 2018 12:12:50 PM
Personally I use Milton Baby Bottle steriliser. I have a 200 litre tank so use the whole bottle. Fill three quarters full. Drive around so it really cleans the tank. I try to drain on a garden or grass so the water is not totally wasted. Put in about twenty litres and then a bottle of Red cordial and empty that out.
Sometimes I give the red cordial a miss if I fill my tank full. It dilutes the tiny amount of Milton left so I get no aftertaste.
I always use Pure Magic water treatment when away on trips. It's a colloidal silver additive at the recommended dose that disinfects your water. Gets rid of lots of nasties. Tasteless.
You will get some people that hate using Milton and say it has a strong aftertaste. I've never had a problem with it. My water tank has the drain at the lowest point on the tank so I empty right out with nothing left.
I was raised on a Bore in Western NSW. We used bore water for everything, although our bore was very soft water. There are some bores (mainly in Northern Qld) that have a strong sulphurous smell as it comes out of the ground but the smell dissipates when water is let stand.
To answer your question regarding cleaning your tanks - If you drain your tanks, then fill with clean fresh water to rinse, drain them again then you should be totally taste free, when you refill them.
A great advantage of bore water of particular interest to the ladies is; Bore water is great for shampooing hair.
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.... of putting a couple of liters of white vinegar in one tank and running through all the equipment and let it sit for a while then dump it.
The Acetic acid in the vinegar will likely lift and dissolve any deposits out of the bore water. Cleaning vinegar from places like Woolies cost me $1.50 a litre just this morning.
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A great advantage of bore water of particular interest to the ladies is; Bore water is great for shampooing hair.
Not always. It can be hard. In Naracoorte in SA (The Limestone Coast) you may as well wash with a stone as soap just will not lather. We've been camping where we've gone thru a cake of soap in a few days and others where we have come home with the soap looking hardly used.
I too have used Milton in my tanks but due to being stationary for some time at the time I let just sit in the tank for a few days as was on main water by then. I then drained out and filled tanks with fresh water and drained that after a day. No smell or taste at all.
I didn't find much of a smell from the Milton anyway as a bottle in 200lts didn't cause a problem. If Milton is safe and OK for babies bottles then it's OK for me.
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I lived in the South East of SA for 22 years, Naracoorte, Coonwarra, and Whrattonbully. Still have five fingers per hand and five toes on each foot. Wouldn't worry about it, although a mild acid rinse may get rid of any coating of calcium on tap stems etc. Won't do any harm.
Dont really require a hygene treatment . We used citric acid flushed out after over night soak . Then topped up with fresh water . With tablespoon of bicarbonate soda . This was after filling with SA bore water .Very high in calcium . Wont hurt you though !
As Aus-Kiwi says: it's high in minerals which may make it taste odd but, generally, it's OK.
Milton is watered down bleach but you can be sure it doesn't contain stuff to "make it smell nice". Use Milton at the rate of 0.5mL/1L or 5mL per 10L bucket of suspect water. This is the solution suggested by the WHO to purify water. Ensure the water is free of particulate.
Do *not* exceed this amount by more than 50% or you will spend a lot of time, and water, trying to rid your system of the taste of chlorine.
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