Stinky tank

jennmary · Post by **jennmary** » Sun Aug 26, 2007 1:02 am

Happy to report the smell is gone. I will say that I will NOT be using tap water in my area again, and wont be drinking it either. I live in a part of town that has had water issues in the past. I am sure some people will get on and tell me that I am dumb and the tap water wasnt the problem. However this started the day after I used the tap water thinking a day or two wasnt going to hurt. Better safe than sorry.

I soaked with a distilled bleach mix then followed with letting it sit and dry outside. Then rewashed with a soap and baking soda mix. Seemed to do the trick. So now I am breathing normal smelling air again. I am happy.

It was just musty smelling like when you forget to put the laundry in the dryer for a day and then open up the washing machine. Does that make any sense? lol Thanks for the tips guys.

echo · Post by **echo** » Sun Aug 26, 2007 7:25 am

Glad the smell is gone Jen!

My HH directions says to use distilled water or 'boiled tap water'- so I don't think tap water is necessarily bad, except for the nasty chemicals and bacteria, ha ha. It's probably the bacteria that caused that smell.

lilsheba · Post by **lilsheba** » Sun Aug 26, 2007 8:13 am

I don't drink the tap water in my area either, you can smell the chlorine in it. I have a water cooler that we get our drinking water out of, water to make coffee etc. I also have the distilled water for the cpap/humidifier Basically there is a corner in my kitchen devoted to alternative water

socknitster · Post by **socknitster** » Sun Aug 26, 2007 8:55 am

Jennmary,

If anyone tells you that you are stupid, they are dead wrong. I have BEEN in a water treatment plant and it was a dirty place (we had awful water in my college town so as a BIO/Chem major who wrote articles for the newspaper from time to time, it seemed like writing an article about the water treatment plant and local water quality was a good idea for me--I even got all my professors in on the research!)

Anyway, lots of things can happen to water before and after treatment that could cause the problem you had--I won't bore you all with the details.

That doesn't necessarily mean it is unsafe to drink, but sending a sample to an independent lab isn't out of order. Just be careful giving kids only unflouridated (bottled) water unless they are using a good fluoride toothpaste (you have to read the label--they don't all have it, especially kids formulas).

Since I now have distilled on hand I started using it for lots of other things too. It is inexpensive and worth the few pennies they charge. I have had to use bottled drinking water or tap in a pinch--something is always throwing a wrench in the works! So I get what happened.

I'm glad you got it figured out!

Jen