Water treatment unit by Alde

[otherclive]

I see that Alde have now introduced a water treatment unit that uses UV light to sterilise the water and a carbon filter to remove strange tastes. It costs around £260-£300 to buy, and the filter requires changing annually. It seems to me to be the answer to a question that hasn’t been asked. But I guess it will be bought by those who see risk everywhere. We always removed carbon filters from the caravans, and over all our years outdoors never had a problem with water quality from site supplies in UK or Europe. If the taste was too chlorinated then a bottle of water would sort that out. But again rarely did we buy bottled water.

 

[JTQ]

Probably, they are looking at their wider other markets, than just the UK caravanner?

UV potable water treatment is certainly a feature in craft using reverse osmosis water production, as just one example. IMO yielding a "better drink" than chemical dosing as a sterilising alternative
Here and in much of Europe with "proper" camping sites there is no great risk so need.

 

[otherclive]

Probably, they are looking at their wider other markets, than just the UK caravanner?

UV potable water treatment is certainly a feature in craft using reverse osmosis water production, as just one example. IMO yielding a "better drink" than chemical dosing as a sterilising alternative
Here and in much of Europe with "proper" camping sites there is no great risk so need.

We stayed in a static in Cumbria and its water supply was from a spring and that had UV pre treatment. Although we didn’t get to taste it as the spring had dried up because of a hot dry summer.. So the farmer would bring bottled water supplies from Kendall Morrisons. Showers……don’t ask😱

 

[Jcloughie]

I see that Alde have now introduced a water treatment unit that uses UV light to sterilise the water and a carbon filter to remove strange tastes. It costs around £260-£300 to buy, and the filter requires changing annually. It seems to me to be the answer to a question that hasn’t been asked. But I guess it will be bought by those who see risk everywhere. We always removed carbon filters from the caravans, and over all our years outdoors never had a problem with water quality from site supplies in UK or Europe. If the taste was too chlorinated then a bottle of water would sort that out. But again rarely did we buy bottled water.

We never liked filters which may be left to fester! Bottled or jug filters make more sense. We never were concerned about the disease's possibility of UK or continental tap water, but would always use bottled for drinking, tea and coffee, purely because the tap supply could have a taste. The taste may not have been noticeable to locals who were used to it.

Even at home, we use filtered water supplied to the sink and fridge. Just a nicer cup of tea or coffee.

I have looked into getting a reverse osmosis system. But it takes up too much cupboard space which is desperately needed for a very wide (too wide), choice of cleaning products.

We would just get supermaket cheapest water. Seemed as good as the expencive stuff.

John

 

[RogerL]

At home we use tap water for everything, our water company also sells it as Elmhurst Spring water in bottles at greatly inflated prices - helps to keep our water rates down!

In our present and previous caravan we've always used a filter - an inline type changed every 12 months until I forgot to drain it down and it split in a cold spell so now we just use acheap filter jug from Asda.

 

[Guzzilazz]

On my boat I used General Ecology water filters. The water tanks were twin 30 gallon jobs, and whatever treatment was used to clean the system (Puriclean once a season, left in for 12 hours before rinsing out -filling and empting twice). In tests and our experience, the filtered water made the best tea ever. It wasn't cheap and a separate tap was fitted just for drinking water.

Would I use one in the van? Probably not, a 40Litre Aquaroll isn't the same issue as 60 gallon stainless steel tanks