We Have Running Water! Filters?

My hubby is working on all sorts of projects. While redoing the electrical battery stuff, he noticed the old water pump not working, thus no water pressure. Our water tank was full, so we knew it was either the electrical or the pump.

So we looked into water pumps. There are options out there for these. There are manual foot pumps, electric pumps, fast ones, slow ones, and the list goes on. We have to buy a marine grade pump, as is with everything in the boat, marine grade means about $50 to $100 more. 

My husband decided one day, while at one of his many trips to West Marine, that he wanted a water pump, so he bought one.  A Shurflo, this was same pump in the boat but newer. He wired it up and got running water in the boat. I came home to the boat, from a grocery/kid outing, to find these pleasantries going on in our head and galley, running water.

Since then our lives changed on board, no more hauling gallons of water into the galley and head. No more washing dishes with cold water from a leaky jug. It has opened up many more possibilities. We have a hot water heater and it works great. 

We figured out that our tank is aluminum and there are pros and cons with this, so we will probably end up replacing it down the road cause there are the funky white crystalizations on the bottom from chlorine. I did chlorinate and vinegar the tank the first couple fills until I read how chlorine and aluminum don't work well together, so using chlorine in this tank to kill microbes is a no go. 

Then we need filtration. We bought the basic filter, 10 inch to go right after the tank, but need the two step for at the faucet so we can drink from it. We back-ordered this at the local store and am still waiting, I'll probably end up getting it online somewhere instead of waiting for their back order, it was the 3M 7500 gallon capacity.

The best thing since sliced bread, running water! Thank you hubby!

As you can see our sink has some issues, there are two, they are separate, and they leak. The leaks happen on the counter, in between the sinks, and then run down to the cabinet under them. We've removed rotted wood under the floor and imagine we will just keep removing rotted wood until all the wood has been replaced. One day we think of getting one rectangular sink, but the size is unusual and of course since its in a boat it will need to be marine grade or something and cost much more than a normal sink would. We love the copper counter tops and brass faucet!