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We’re you able to drink the tap water after that amount of time?

mLuby 7y ago
Nobody drinks the tap water in Mexico City. Most people either buy water cooler bottles at the local store, use portable filters, or if you're lucky get a filtration system installed.
- TimTheTinker 7y ago
  I think that’s true of anywhere in Mexico - at least it was for me in Baja California.
seanmcdirmid 7y ago
Most countries don’t have drinkable (pottable) tap water, actually, rich developed countries excepted.
- Const-me 7y ago
  Montenegro is not rich. Same applies to surrounding countries, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia. Tap water is drinkable all over the region. Do you have a source for "most countries"?
  - seanmcdirmid 7y ago
    https://lifehacker.com/know-what-countries-guarantee-drinkable-tap-water-with-1635070463 https://lifehacker.com/know-what-countries-guarantee-drinkab... and https://i.redd.it/q428xlnjh2f21.png https://i.redd.it/q428xlnjh2f21.png Looks like unsafe dominates safe to me, by far. In the America’s, only Canada and the USA have potable water. In Asia, it’s only South Korea, Japan, and the rich city states (HK, Singapore, Brunei). In Africa, nothing, in the Middle East, just Israel. Europe is the exception, but then it’s mostly just the EU countries. Serbia and Croatia aren’t listed as having safe drinking water (I assume it’s the pipes that are of concern, not source, like first tier Chinese cities).
    - balfirevic 7y ago
      > Serbia and Croatia aren’t listed as having safe drinking water (I assume it’s the pipes that are of concern, not source, like first tier Chinese cities). Croatian here. It's not the pipes, it's just nonsense. Tap water is perfectly drinkable in Croatia and, as far as I'm aware, of great quality. I've also traveled and stayed in Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria (in addition to already mentioned Serbia, Bosnia & Herzegovina and Montenegro) and no one mentioned anything about not drinking tap water. The link you provided seems to be very unreliable source of information.
      - seanmcdirmid 7y ago
        They are based on information from the CDC. If you have better maps that you use for your travels, please link. Not that I travel at all in eastern/south Eastern Europe, so “don’t drink the water unless in developed country” works well enough for me (I mostly travel in Asia outside the USA).
        Const-me 7y ago
        Here's what CDC.gov says about Croatia: > Food and water standards in Croatia are similar to those in the United States. Most travelers do not need to take special food or water precautions beyond what they normally do at home. So no, it's not based on CDC. Both maps are just wrong. The reality is, 70% of global population has drinkable tap water, here's the data: https://data.unicef.org/topic/water-and-sanitation/drinking-water/ https://data.unicef.org/topic/water-and-sanitation/drinking-...
    - nradov 7y ago
      Serbia and Croatia are probably just not listed due to lack of data or something. I drink the tap water there and so do locals. It's fine, never got sick.
      - multjoy 7y ago
        I was drinking Serbian water straight out of standpipes on the mountains this summer. Not dead!
  - fulafel 7y ago
    If you look k at the HDI, https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_Human_Development_Index https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_Human_D... , the middle countries are Jamaica, Tunisia, Tonga. Quick searches indicate water is safe to drink but possibly not vot tasty on these places.
- GordonS 7y ago
  I don't know about "most countries" - at least, I believe it's OK to drink tap water in most of Europe and Scandinavia.
  - tomatocracy 7y ago
    Yes, it’s pretty common in much of the developed world. But if you think about it, it’s a pretty big waste of resources to use water purified to the point of being safe to drink for showering, filling toilets, watering the garden, washing the car, etc. The vast majority of the water you use doesn’t need to be drinkable.
    - ahartmetz 7y ago
      Only one system of pipes and AFAIK there is nothing particularly labor or energy intensive about producing potable water (in temperate climates).
  - seanmcdirmid 7y ago
    According to https://i.redd.it/q428xlnjh2f21.png https://i.redd.it/q428xlnjh2f21.png, only much of Europe (EU mostly), not most (by population or area if Russia is considered).

Nobody drinks the tap water in Mexico City. Most people either buy water cooler bottles at the local store, use portable filters, or if you're lucky get a filtration system installed.

TimTheTinker 7y ago
I think that’s true of anywhere in Mexico - at least it was for me in Baja California.

seanmcdirmid 7y ago

Most countries don’t have drinkable (pottable) tap water, actually, rich developed countries excepted.

Const-me 7y ago
Montenegro is not rich. Same applies to surrounding countries, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia. Tap water is drinkable all over the region. Do you have a source for "most countries"?
- seanmcdirmid 7y ago
  https://lifehacker.com/know-what-countries-guarantee-drinkable-tap-water-with-1635070463 https://lifehacker.com/know-what-countries-guarantee-drinkab... and https://i.redd.it/q428xlnjh2f21.png https://i.redd.it/q428xlnjh2f21.png Looks like unsafe dominates safe to me, by far. In the America’s, only Canada and the USA have potable water. In Asia, it’s only South Korea, Japan, and the rich city states (HK, Singapore, Brunei). In Africa, nothing, in the Middle East, just Israel. Europe is the exception, but then it’s mostly just the EU countries. Serbia and Croatia aren’t listed as having safe drinking water (I assume it’s the pipes that are of concern, not source, like first tier Chinese cities).
  - balfirevic 7y ago
    > Serbia and Croatia aren’t listed as having safe drinking water (I assume it’s the pipes that are of concern, not source, like first tier Chinese cities). Croatian here. It's not the pipes, it's just nonsense. Tap water is perfectly drinkable in Croatia and, as far as I'm aware, of great quality. I've also traveled and stayed in Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria (in addition to already mentioned Serbia, Bosnia & Herzegovina and Montenegro) and no one mentioned anything about not drinking tap water. The link you provided seems to be very unreliable source of information.
    - seanmcdirmid 7y ago
      They are based on information from the CDC. If you have better maps that you use for your travels, please link. Not that I travel at all in eastern/south Eastern Europe, so “don’t drink the water unless in developed country” works well enough for me (I mostly travel in Asia outside the USA).
      - Const-me 7y ago
        Here's what CDC.gov says about Croatia: > Food and water standards in Croatia are similar to those in the United States. Most travelers do not need to take special food or water precautions beyond what they normally do at home. So no, it's not based on CDC. Both maps are just wrong. The reality is, 70% of global population has drinkable tap water, here's the data: https://data.unicef.org/topic/water-and-sanitation/drinking-water/ https://data.unicef.org/topic/water-and-sanitation/drinking-...
  - nradov 7y ago
    Serbia and Croatia are probably just not listed due to lack of data or something. I drink the tap water there and so do locals. It's fine, never got sick.
    - multjoy 7y ago
      I was drinking Serbian water straight out of standpipes on the mountains this summer. Not dead!
- fulafel 7y ago
  If you look k at the HDI, https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_Human_Development_Index https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_Human_D... , the middle countries are Jamaica, Tunisia, Tonga. Quick searches indicate water is safe to drink but possibly not vot tasty on these places.
GordonS 7y ago
I don't know about "most countries" - at least, I believe it's OK to drink tap water in most of Europe and Scandinavia.
- tomatocracy 7y ago
  Yes, it’s pretty common in much of the developed world. But if you think about it, it’s a pretty big waste of resources to use water purified to the point of being safe to drink for showering, filling toilets, watering the garden, washing the car, etc. The vast majority of the water you use doesn’t need to be drinkable.
  - ahartmetz 7y ago
    Only one system of pipes and AFAIK there is nothing particularly labor or energy intensive about producing potable water (in temperate climates).
- seanmcdirmid 7y ago
  According to https://i.redd.it/q428xlnjh2f21.png https://i.redd.it/q428xlnjh2f21.png, only much of Europe (EU mostly), not most (by population or area if Russia is considered).