Clean water tank refill

[Otis Porsche]

We are getting organized for full time Overlanding. Our trailer will have a 32 gallon tank.
What do y'all do for fresh water sources?
What precautions to insure it is clean / not contaminated?
Is there a preferred filtration cartridge for sediments? Do not want to cause pump & system issues
Is there a preferred filtration cartridge for removal of viruses, bacteria, protozoa?
Duel cartridge system with water purification tablets?
We have MSRs Guardian Purifier but its probably not practical to fill a 32 gallon tank.
Thanks,

 

[MOAK]

We have about the same capacity as you. One thing I have learned is to be very careful about where we fill up with water. I always ask, purchase something from the establishment and sometimes offer to pay for the privilege of filling up with another's water supply. We carry our own hose as gas station hoses are not to be trusted. In fact I avoid using water from gas stations whenever possible. I most always try to fill up at a government building of some kind such as BLM, NF, NP, SF or SP offices or visitor centers. If we happen to get a hotel once in a while, I always top off with their water. We do carry a small MSR purification system just in case.

 

[grubworm]

https://www.overlandbound.com/forums/threads/portable-water-filtration-and-purification-systems.36457/

 

[ChadHahn]

Are we talking about the U.S.?

If so, most places on municipal water should be safe. If you don't want bad taste due to hoses get an RV water hose. A Camco water filter for RVs has a 20 micron filter to get rid of sediment and chlorine.

Lots of truck stops on interstates have areas for RVs to empty their black/grey water tanks and refill their water tank.

 

[ChristelandChantal]

Not sure if the original poster is still following this topic.
But we find inline water filters work great as long as you are using a tap which is running of a mains.
Gravity fed taps don't have enough pressure to work well with these.

We connect our hose to the tap with a filter within this hose and fill our tank up this way (scenario 2 in the drawing). Works well.

 

[Otis Porsche]

Not sure if the original poster is still following this topic.
But we find inline water filters work great as long as you are using a tap which is running of a mains.
Gravity fed taps don't have enough pressure to work well with these.
We connect our hose to the tap with a filter within this hose and fill our tank up this way (scenario 2 in the drawing). Works well.

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Thanks, this is a solution that will work well in car parks which we have used. Most of our travels are at dispersed sites off grid near streams & lakes. Will probably have to hand pump & filter into our 20l Scepter can from which pour into our main tank.

 

[T4R13]

U use a Milwaukee transfer pump, sharing a battery between it and my Milwaukee saw. Have a road shower on roof that I fill for showers or washing cloths general utility water so filtering that is unnecessary. Then we use a lifesaver Jerry can for drinking, cooking, and dishes. Seems unnessicary to filter that much water at once. You could build a reverse osmosis system to clean and filter water coming out. Without easily being able to clean the tank frequently your better off filling it dirty and filtering as is comes out of whatever spiket you have. Personal opinion

 

[ChristelandChantal]

Not sure if the original poster is still following this topic.
But we find inline water filters work great as long as you are using a tap which is running of a mains.
Gravity fed taps don't have enough pressure to work well with these.
We connect our hose to the tap with a filter within this hose and fill our tank up this way (scenario 2 in the drawing). Works well.

.
Thanks, this is a solution that will work well in car parks which we have used. Most of our travels are at dispersed sites off grid near streams & lakes. Will probably have to hand pump & filter into our 20l Scepter can from which pour into our main tank.

I didn't realise this. Guess we are lucky in Australia as every town and every petrol station will have a water point, most of them are free to use.

 

[Ob1]

We built a small aluminum case that filters 1 gpm using 12V. It’s on page 1 and 2 of the blog. You can pump from any lake or river if in a remote area or use it connecting to a hose in a campground.