How to Clean Drinking Water Holding Tanks
- 1). Drain your drinking water tank.
- 2). Prepare a bleach solution to put into your clean water tank. The solution needs to be based on a ratio of 1/4 cup of bleach for every 10 gallons of water your will be using to clean your tank.
- 3). Fill your tank halfway up with fresh water. If you have a forty gallon tank you will want to fill it up with twenty gallons of water. You will then want to take 1/2 cup of bleach and funnel it into a gallon jug of water. Cap and shake. Funnel this solution into your clean water tank.
- 4). Agitate the tank so that the bleach solution is properly spread throughout the tank. If you drive an RV this can easily be done by driving your RV around the block. Let this solution rest in your water tank for four hours.
- 5). Begin to drain your tank by opening up the hot and cold water faucets. Let them run until the tank is completely drained.
- 6). Fill the tank up completely with fresh water. Drain through the hot and cold water faucet until empty. This will flush out any excess bleach that may linger in the tank.
- 7). Mix together 1 lb. of baking soda in a gallon of hot water. Cap and shake. Pour this solution into your tank then top off your tank with fresh water.
- 8). Drain your tank one more time. Refill it with fresh water to drink.
- 9). Fill with clean drinking water. Repeat every six months.
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