Black slime in water pump pipes

If you are talking about the blue pipe from aquaroll to caravan side, this is a more common situation than most people realize. For many hours at a time water is standing in the pipe with the sun shinning on it so any bacteria will multiply.

I removed my clips, which have to be broken and cannot be put back on. I replaced them with food grade jubilee clips, stainless steel, that will not rust. I can now take them off from time to time and run a long narrow brush through the pipe to clean it, then soak with milton. I do it about once a year, many people never clean their water pipe.

I think this is why many of us don't drink the water from the aquaroll - a lot using bottled water or just bottles of water filled from the site taps.  I sterilise my system every year but I don't drink or cook with aqua roll water.  This seems to happen more recently than it used to years ago.  Have you checked the soap drawer of your washing machine?  They never used to blacken up but they do now. 

We don't drink the water unboiled. However, have never had any problems cooking with it, washing up, or using it to clean teeth etc. As far as the soap drawer is concerned, I think a lot of the difference will be as a result of the move towards washing at lower temperatures, than we did years ago.

We found exactly the same thing when we dismantled our pump when it stopped working.  Immediately we stopped drinking water through the aquaroll, even boiled.  We always use water from a 5 litre container in the caravan for drinking, including tea and coffee.  

I was going to add that this was AFTER we'd cleaned the aquaroll and water system by running Puricleans through it, which we did before each trip to France (twice a year) so don't rely on cleaning solutions removing this unless, as Nuggy suggests, you brush through the pipework.

I can understand if we are talking a taste issue, or if you are getting black bits in the water. However, I thought that boiling water was considered an adequate precaution against possible pathogens worldwide.

It probably does kill everything, but it's not pleasant to think you have even invisible bits of slime floating about in your hot drink. Boiling also kills slugs, but I wouldn't want to find one in my cauliflower.

We think it's safer and healthier all round to drink water which is freshly drawn from the tap, into a clear clean bottle that you can wash thoroughly when you feel you need to. .

It probably does kill everything, but it's not pleasant to think you have even invisible bits of slime floating about in your hot drink. Boiling also kills slugs, but I wouldn't want to find one in my cauliflower.

 

True, but the sort with shells on are very nice with garlic butter.

You're right - but black slime with garlic butter doesn't appeal!

I dread to think what they look like inside. luckily we fill a water filter jug up at the stand pipe for drinking water. Will try getting jubilee clips and then giving them a clean, hate the though of even cleaning my teeth using the water from the pump.

and as for slugs and snails...I think I'll pass!