Sediment in water

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SASS478
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Sediment in water

I have a 2021 16' deluxe Scamp.  Everything works perfectly, except that I am getting sediment in my water from somewhere. It clogs  the faucet aerators.  There is no sediment in the water tank.  The source might be the hot water tank.
In the photo below, you can see that the tube on the left has significant sediment in it. The tube on the right has a little bit of sediment.  I cannot tell where the tube on the left goes.  If I knew that, I would be able to find the source of the sediment.  Can anyone help me?

Thank you for any hints/thoughts you can give me.

Sarah

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Turn on both hot and cold

Turn on both hot and cold faucets.  The warm hose is from the water heater.

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Hi Sarah,

I believe that the mystery hose to the left should be the vent for the gray water tank. It should come up through the floor out of the tank, loop and exit through the floor again next to the water storage tank. The other hose I suspect is also a drain line or a supply line to the pump They are low/no pressure lines. The blue pex lines from the pump are for water pressure. 

I'm not sure where the sediment could be coming from. My only suggestion would be to fill and drain both the storage tank and water heater (a couple of times) and hopefully drain out any sediment in the system. If the sediment is from an outside souce a water filter could help.

I hope this helps

Wayne

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