Primarily, keep your gutters clean. This will ensure plant matter such as leaves will not end up rotting away at the bottom of your tank and contaminating your water. Secondly, reduce sunlight infiltration into your rainwater tank. This will inhibit the growth of algae. If a manhole/access cover is fitted to your tank, ensure that it always in place. Thirdly, have your tank regularly cleaned by a professional tank cleaner. Please refer to Tank Care and Maintenance for more information.

This depends on the severity of your water problem, the size of your tank, and the amount of water that you use. A typical 5,000 gallon tank will stabilize anywhere from a few days to a few weeks. If your tank is 10,000 gallons and needs a lot of cleaning, it can take a several weeks to completely stabilize. Regardless, you will notice a dramatic change in your water within a few days. See similar questions...

This will depend on where you are camping. When camping at a campground which has water at each site, filling the tank is not necessary. Just connect your hose (you did get a white hose designed for drinking water, didn't you?) to the city water connection on the side of your pop-up. When camping at a campground which has water available, but not at each site, stop at a water source as you enter the campground and fill up the tank using your hose BEFORE you go to the site to set up the pop-up. See similar questions...

The system No.1 has a unique, automatic feature that mixes the ozone into your incoming well water before the water is introduced into the tank. This happens every time your well pump is turned on. See similar questions...

All the precious rainwater is kept in your tank and only the rubbish is removed in the cleaning process. However, hanging on to water in very poor condition only serves to contaminate fresh water. See similar questions...

If you do not overcrowd the tank and do not over feed the fish, you can treat the coffee table aquarium as a normal tank. Once a month remove 10% of the water and add fresh "aged" water. Some areas of the country require bottled or "RO" water for aquariums. Check with your local pet store for more information. See similar questions...

The amount of water used depends on the size of the bird, how badly it is oiled and the bird. One pelican can use as many as 300 gallons of water. During the "Tenyo Maru" oil spill we cleaned 700 birds and used 1,000,000 gallons of water. Much of that was in the pools we need to swim the birds after they have been cleaned. See similar questions...

Of course. Flexcon tanks are designed in the knowledge that chlorine is often used to periodically treat a well. See similar questions...

Flush the new tank by allowing water to flow through three or four pump cycles. If the taste continues, you should probably have the source water tested. See similar questions...

After every pump out we recommend you clean the tank with fresh water and one of those enzyme cleaners or “Odorloss”. Coast Guard regulations tell us we must use the tank. Considering what we put into it, it requires attention to keep it clean. See similar questions...

It all depends on the hardness of your feed water. If you are using a water softener, it may never scale up and cleaning the surface areas may not be necessary. If you have hard water, then you should clean the boiling tank whenever the metal surface of the heating element is no longer visible because of scale cover. See similar questions...

Normally it is not necessary to clean the brine tank. In time dirt and silt can build up in the brine tank and if you choose you can clean it out. Let the salt level drop down very low. The night before you clean, manually regenerate the softener. Disconnect the brine line and dump out the old salt, (Do not dump the old salt anywhere near living plants). Reconnect the brine line, add about (3) gallons of water, and add the new salt. See similar questions...

A Many of our wood-fired tub owners opt for Japanese-style tubbing: they drain the tub after a couple of uses, give it a quick cleaning, and refill it. Other wood-fired tub owners leave their tubs filled and add chlorine or bromine. Those who wish to avoid these old standbys use alternative sanitizers like our Instant Ions or the Ahh Natural Spa Pad. Our gas and electric heated tubs have automatic full spectrum (copper, silver and zinc) ionizers as standard equipment. See similar questions...

Proper water maintenance is vital to enjoyment of your spa. While some salespeople may try to convince you that they can sell you a “chemical-free” spa, professional retailers and manufacturers most often recommend the use of ozone purification in conjunction with sanitizers developed specifically for spas. Maintenance procedures are not difficult, and knowledgeable retailers will provide the start-up kit and instructions you need. See similar questions...

You lost air pressure in the tank. RO tanks have a bladder in them with an 8 psi (55.2 kPa) air charge. Once all the water is removed from the tank, adjust the pressure to 8 psi (55.2 kPa). This can be done using a bicycle pump or air compressor. See similar questions...

A great deal of research has been done on this subject. According to The Water Quality Association (WQA), water softener regeneration discharge poses no problems to a septic tank or its related leach field. Studies have shown that discharge (waste) does not interfere with the system drain field soil percolation, and in many cases, can actually improve the percolation especially when fine textured soils are involved. See similar questions...

Again, this is a personal decision but keep several things in mind. Fresh water weighs around 8 lbs a gallon, so your 10 gallon tank is an extra 80+ lbs you are towing. Additionally, some have reported that the movement of water side to side in the tank can lead to sway of the trailer. See similar questions...

Simple answer: as often as possible. There are a couple of things to watch out for, however. If you change a lot of water and suddenly one or more fish start acting strangely, then you may have a water poisoning problem and changing more water will make it worse. What to do in a case like this is filter with activated carbon (even if you don't normally use it). With luck, the carbon may take out whatever toxins are in the water. See similar questions...

We don't leave free standing water in the enclosure. It causes high humidity which would later cause respiratory infections. We mist our dragons and make sure they have fresh greens every day. See similar questions...

There is no reticulated water in Matapouri. Some people may be able to put bores down. Application for this should be directed to the Northland Regional Council. See similar questions...