Water tank cleaning is an essential part of water hygiene. To ensure the health of you and your loved ones, try to get a water tank cleaning service once or twice a year. Let’s have a look at a quick list of some basic water tank cleaning tips.
- Suggest a time slot to your service provider preferably 3 hours before your next scheduled water inflow timing for your residential area. You will be out of the water after the tank cleaning till your next scheduled water supply time. (This is not applicable where an underground water tank is also available)
- Drain the contents of the tank before cleaning. Close the water supply valves a few hours before the tank cleaning to reduce the wastage of water.
- As the porous concrete surface tends to absorb the cleaning chemical so cement water tanks must be tiled. When constructing a new house do consider putting ceramic tiles on the wall and the base of your water tank. It would have a significant impact on the cleanliness of the water and reduce the maintenance requirements of the tank.
- When getting your water tank cleaned, it is a good idea to engage the service provider to clean the faucets and taps of your house as well, because most debris that clogs the faucets is coming from a dirty water tank.
- It’s recommended to not let the service provider use harsh chemicals when cleaning the water tank, it might ease the job for them but in the case of concrete water tanks without a tiled wall, the porous surface of the cement plaster can absorb a part of those chemicals and release them later on when the water is being used from the tank. It is always safe to use salt as a cleaning agent as compared to various chlorine-based or acidic cleaning agents.
- Before cleaning, check for any major or minor leaks in the water tank. Repair it if any masonry work is needed to fix the tank.
- Choose the day part for tank cleaning with consideration to the weather. If the working conditions are harsh for the service provider, he will tend to cut corners and finish the job quickly. This will increase the possibility of a poor-quality cleaning. For example, if the service provider is engaged during noon time in the summers, expect a poor quality cleaning because the temperatures inside the confined space of the water tank would be too high for a human being to function to the best of his abilities.
Contaminated water is extremely harmful and can cause different waterborne and skin diseases. Minimize the possibility of health diseases by taking care of water hygiene to save your family from such toxic diseases.
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