[C320-list] Fresh water tank treatment

[Wandering Star]

Jack - you do this each time you fill the tanks?  Don’t you start to get a bleach taste in the water?
Sara S. 

> On Apr 22, 2024, at 5:41 PM, Jack Brennan via C320-list <c320-list at lists.catalina320.com> wrote:
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> Hi Sara:
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> I put a couple of capfuls of bleach into the tanks when I fill them up. It kills all of the bad stuff.
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> Jack Brennan
> Sonas, 1998 Catalina 320
> Tierra Verde, Fl.
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> -------- Original message --------
> From: SARA SCHROEDER via C320-list <c320-list at lists.catalina320.com>
> Date: 4/22/24 7:45 PM (GMT-05:00)
> To: c320-list at lists.catalina320.com
> Cc: SARA SCHROEDER <wanderingstar951 at comcast.net>
> Subject: [C320-list] Fresh water tank treatment
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> The caps on both fresh water tanks needed to be resealed - again.  I bought new o-rings and wrapped a crap-ton of plumbers tape on the threads.  I got the aft tank sealed and started to work on the forward tank.  I have not used/circulated the water in the forward tank much the past few months.  When I removed the cap I looked inside the tank to find a nice layer of mold/algae/green gunk laying in the bottom of the tank.  I put the nozzle on the hose and hard sprayed the inside of the tank stirring up the gunk.  YUCK!  It's a good thing I only drink bottled water on the boat.  After four fills and dumps the water was "almost" free of any green stuff.
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> Question - is there a treatment we can put in these plastic water tanks which purifies the water so if I drink it I don't make myself sick?
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> Sara
> Wandering Star
> Seattle
> #707/2000