Healthy/Green Fresh water storage tank

[perryg114]

Yes most fresh water tanks are made of HDPE which is probably the olded food grade plastic there is. I remember stuff being made out of it in the 60's. I think Tupperware is HDPE.

Perry

Originally Posted by chromis

I think most tanks are made out of white "opaque" HDPE, this typically doesn't contain BPA.. unlike the liner metal food cans or clear plastic polycarbonate bottles ( nalgene water bottles ). I think PEX is HDPE as well..

Even stainless put a small amount of contaminates in water .. it contains Chromium... so take care with the quality of stainless materials used to make tanks...

[8rmesse]

I drink from my Airstream's 24 year old fresh water tank any time I boondock which has been quite a few times. I was really paranoid about it at first but then I slowly got over it. It tastes good to me, it's filtered through a carbon filter and is probably just as safe as many of the other things we put in our bodies every day. I imagine its safer than a lot of them. To each there own but once I quit thinking about it so much and just started drinking it it never bothered me again

[ScrapIrony-2]

water bladders are a consideration...we drink and cook from our FW tank, and have since we owned it...now, having said that, I'm someone who winterizes with cheap vodka...

[TBRich]

We also drink and use water for cooking from the fresh water tank...the water that goes in is filtered (unless we fill at home) and we add a bit of bleach solution when we fill elsewhere, just to keep everything fresh. We have never had a problem, and don't expect to as long we watch what goes in and take reasonable precautions.