Water?
So this might be a newb question but what do all of you do for water in Mexico? I was thinking fill up with the local water and use a brita water pitcher to filter out the bad stuff. Do you drink loca...
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I just wonder how many people here actually trust their local water system in the U.S. or Canada?
We drink well water here at home in Mexico and we only purchase filtered water (from a filter machine in our small town of Allende) for making coffee as the well water has a lot of minerals. The filtered water costs 10 pesos for five gallons.
I despise buying water in plastic bottles. Even with recycling, I have little faith that much of it is actually recycled but sold off to foreign countries who dump most of it. You know, out of sight out of mind.
I just returned from a week in Colombia; Cali and Bogota. No bottled water in the hotels, ask for water in a restaurant and you get water from the tap and my coworkers laughed when I asked if people drank bottled water. By that, and I explained, buying carts full of those nasty little plastic bottles from Costco and Sams.
They all seem to believe they have good water systems and drink freely from the tap. I did too and no rumblings. Going on 33 years here full time and no issues. But then again, it smoke and mirrors. Nobody really knows the truth and who do you trust.
Sad that municipal water works don't take pride in providing a necessity that all of nature needs to survive. I have to say though, most of the people I know and work with in Monterrey and surrounding areas that have service from AyD de Monterrey, drink from the tap. Monterrey has prize winning water, actual awards, and attempts to maintain a good network and infrastructure.
JMTC
We drink well water here at home in Mexico and we only purchase filtered water (from a filter machine in our small town of Allende) for making coffee as the well water has a lot of minerals. The filtered water costs 10 pesos for five gallons.
I despise buying water in plastic bottles. Even with recycling, I have little faith that much of it is actually recycled but sold off to foreign countries who dump most of it. You know, out of sight out of mind.
I just returned from a week in Colombia; Cali and Bogota. No bottled water in the hotels, ask for water in a restaurant and you get water from the tap and my coworkers laughed when I asked if people drank bottled water. By that, and I explained, buying carts full of those nasty little plastic bottles from Costco and Sams.
They all seem to believe they have good water systems and drink freely from the tap. I did too and no rumblings. Going on 33 years here full time and no issues. But then again, it smoke and mirrors. Nobody really knows the truth and who do you trust.
Sad that municipal water works don't take pride in providing a necessity that all of nature needs to survive. I have to say though, most of the people I know and work with in Monterrey and surrounding areas that have service from AyD de Monterrey, drink from the tap. Monterrey has prize winning water, actual awards, and attempts to maintain a good network and infrastructure.
JMTC
