Hose pipes - e-coli

[Malcb]

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I bought my own hose after I saw a jetskier flush his heads with the marina one

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I didn't know you could get a jetski big enough to have it's own heads /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

 

[roborali]

As an employee at a marina I am aware that we actually had a letter from the water company stating that it was necessary to run every tap/hose that we have for ten minutes every week to flush out any stagnant water that may harbour nasty microbes.

It struck me as blatantly stupid for two reasons:

1. Any boat owner would have to be a bit thick not run the tap a bit first before filling their tanks.

2. It only takes a couple of hours of sunshine for the water in the freshly run hoses to turn green anyway.

Most definately it is an ass covering decision based on our litigious culture.

 

[sailorman]

[Most definately it is an ass covering decision based on our litigious culture]

the answer in one. thanks usa

Oyster Commisioning seem to be Exempt on thier pontoon /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif /forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif /forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif

 

[rickp]

Every Thursday by any chance? I stood chatting to our night dockmaster as he ran the tap for the proscribed time - just after I'd put 400 litres into my water tank (and I'd ran the hose for a while before doing that too).

Rick

 

[Bobobolinsky]

I bought a new hose the other day, in big letters it said "Not To Be Used For Potable Water"

Robin