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Originally Posted by koliver
Water suppliers have Provincial regulations that are getting more comprehensive as time passes. Scuttlebut around our local YC outstation is about compliance with standards that are now being enforced, adding to the cost of supplying water on the docks. Yours may soon also need to comply, be subject to testing and/or enforcement.
On my boat, when I fill in Vancouver I know I am getting chlorinated water so I purposely don't filter it. Elsewhere, I filter, before the tank, then I have a filter after the pump, so the tap water is always filtered.
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Yes, when we were still in Burnaby and the boat in Port Moody for 12 yrs. The boat was then kept in N.Van. for 10 yrs. THe water in BOTH places was chorinated. Sometimes it could be smelled.
Even in Burnaby and N.Van there was dirt/sediment. In the fall and winter with the heavy rains and sometimes landslides into the reservoirs there were clouds of silt which would also end up in the tanks. Of course the chlorination was jacked way up.
The water supplied to the Gibsons marina is checked frequently but what that frequency is I don't know.
If I am up the coast and take on water I very lightly dose with some bleach or chlorine. When I can we will make a point of going to a known clean source such as a town with monitored and dosed water but that is not always possible.
My filters will NOT remove chlorine. THey are for fine silt so I do not get a buildup in the tank again. It is far easier to prevent the silt entry than it is to get rid of it.