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Originally Posted by Caroline Joan
We are going to make a rain catcher that hangs between Stanchions & Cabin handrails - drains straight down into water tank.
This would be for use while anchored so to avoid any sea water getting in. Just wondering whether we need to filter it.
We have filter on our faucet - would that be enough
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experiment, I filtered all of the rainwater from my hard top for a year. There would have been a lot of crud in the tank, growing more crud.
How clean would you like your tank? Do you wash glasses after drinking from them?
You have a filter on the faucet, but what does it actually remove? An it won't prevent clogging pipes.
Finally, you can only sanitize a clean tank with bleach. If there is dirt, all bets are off, since bleach does not penetrate dirt.
So even a simple cloth filter helps.