Baja - Water Availability
Is fresh water fairly available in Baja? Not necessarily for drinking, but for 25 gallon trailer tank and maybe 2 x 5-gallon water containers? Thanks.
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Only some camps have good potable water that needs no more filtering than you do at home, like Brita pitcher or no filtering at all. Permanent camp residents will tell you if this is the case. Boiling a tap water is a must, of course, if this is for making meals.
All other places ... For meals and drinks I would say - purified water only. Either in small bottles ($$), or bring couple of 5-gallon jars and refill it, most grocery stores will have a refilling machine. Called Agua Purificada in Spanish.
For showering it doesn't matter much. You swim in the ocean, so you can wash you face and body with tap water on the camp without worrying how good or bad it is. I don't think you will have to fill you water tank too often. Purified water should better be kept in 5-gal jars that you filled, and for shower you can use their shower cabins on a camp. What Mex said - tap water may clog your plumbing with sediments coat, so I suggest you use their cabins instead. On cheaper beach camps there can be no cabins though.
All other places ... For meals and drinks I would say - purified water only. Either in small bottles ($$), or bring couple of 5-gallon jars and refill it, most grocery stores will have a refilling machine. Called Agua Purificada in Spanish.
For showering it doesn't matter much. You swim in the ocean, so you can wash you face and body with tap water on the camp without worrying how good or bad it is. I don't think you will have to fill you water tank too often. Purified water should better be kept in 5-gal jars that you filled, and for shower you can use their shower cabins on a camp. What Mex said - tap water may clog your plumbing with sediments coat, so I suggest you use their cabins instead. On cheaper beach camps there can be no cabins though.
