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No, tap water is usually not safe to drink in India. Households commonly buy large, office cooler type bottles of drinking water or have in-house filtration systems. So if it's a normal tap, then don't drink from it. The exception is if the tap has a cooling or a filtration unit next to it. (I can't find a free image for this to include here.) These could ...

I asked my Turkish friends and here's what they had to say: although major cities do have water filtration plants and water is considered drinkable at the source, the quality of water pipes that supply it within a building or in specific localities might be suspect. You are, thus, better off not drinking tap water straight unless you're using it after ...

This is hard to answer with an authoritative source since the quality of non-potable water varies widely from the source it comes from (is it groundwater? river water? is there anything recycled from drainwater from houses?) and even within a country. I'm speaking mostly from my experience living in India, but in practice I have seen similar practices in ...

I live in Izmir and have travelled in Istanbul many times. Tap water all over Turkey including big cities is a hit-or-miss affair. It's not guaranteed to kill you, but it doesn't generally taste that good and drinking it is considered a bad idea just in case. Most cities try to treat it enough to make it non-dangerous, but that doesn't make it good water. ...

Yes tap water is safe in Shkodër, I was born there, grew up drinking that water. I live in New York and I can tell you that the water there has a diff taste regardless if it's tap or from a bottle, but make sure to keep very cold in the fridge so you won't notice the difference. Have fun while you're there. About the tourists, they're all gone by the end of ...

I long ago gave up worrying. I find I get sick so often (esp in third world countries) that I now just assume I will, carry a bog roll (toilet paper), and some Immodium (medicine to help prevent the need to run to the toilet every few minutes). It's not ideal, and if it happens, there are ways to prevent the infamous Delhi Belly. However, there are some ...

You don't have to leave North America to find non-potable water - the cottage I used to visit for decades drew its water from the lake, and this was used for showers, toilet flushing, dishwashing, and even for water-that-would-be-boiled eg for pasta or mashed potatoes. Eventually it developed a colour that nobody liked and we switched to using bottled water ...

I was advised by both locals and colleagues who'd travelled to India to even be careful which bottled water you drink, as some (such as refilled glass bottles provided in hotel rooms) are filled from tap water. The rule of thumb I was given was to stick to brewery brands, as most have related bottled water brands. These have filtration and other sterilising ...

I drank bubble tea in Hong Kong practically every day when I was travelling there but never fell ill. (Love bubble tea!) The way bubble tea is packaged in machines that seals the drink in means it's usually sold in shops with fairly good standards of hygiene. Besides, while the drink itself is not hot, bubble tea is prepared using chilled tea - and the ...

I just spent 7 weeks in India and while I did not drink the normal tap water, I did drink the water from the Drinking Water stations in railway stations or near temples. I also drunk the water served in restaurants. I did assume that this water while not coming from bottles has been through some sort of filtering system. I did this from day 1 and have had no ...

Historically Seoul has had a number of issues with drinking water. Most recently the issue wasn't the water itself, but the pipes that delivered it, which many people claimed introduced contaminates. I can still remember being told by someone I was working with there about 10 years ago that the water was safe to drink in my hotel, but not in their office ...

You can't ensure it. But you can prepare yourself. Bottled Water Bottled water is obviously a great (but expensive) choice, but may just be a part of the cost of traveling that you have to account for. A lot of outfits will provide bottled water, which is a nice bonus. Water Bottle with Filter I have seen quite a few water bottles with filters built in. ...

I mostly drank bottled water in Albania this summer but if I don't remember horribly wrong, I did have tap water too while in Saranda (in the very south), and had no problems. (I probably asked the very helpful owner and other guests at Backpackers SR who said it's ok.) That said, Shkodër is at the opposite end of the country, and I guess the water quality ...

According to the UK FCO website travel advice for Albania: The tap water in Albania may cause illness - you should drink only bottled water.

I wouldn't risk it. There are some authoritative resources that advice to use bottled water: http://www.fco.gov.uk/en/travel-and-living-abroad/travel-advice-by-country/europe/albania http://hitchwiki.org/en/Albania http://www.lonelyplanet.com/albania/practical-information/health

As TD can kill (through dehydration, usually) I would definitely consider it unsafe even if that was all you could get. Your problem is that you don't know what organisms are present in that water. What is it that is giving people TD? Obviously something that isn't prevented with chlorination.

Yes of course it's safe, but the US embassy keeps saying that probably for extra caution, but water in Nicaragua is as clean as any other Latin american country. Of course it depends where are you getting the water, the case that the embassy might be concerned with is the rural environment where water supply is difficult (which is ironic since Nicaragua has ...

This answer is specific for Tiranë but will surely be enlightening for Albania generally. In Tiranë, the capital, the owner of my hostel tells me the tapwater is good for drinking four times per day lasting two hours each time! 7am until 9am 1pm until 3pm 7pm until 9pm 1am until 3am I don't yet know by which standard the water quality is better at these ...

It's tough to make one general blanket statement about the water and sanitation system for an entire country with it being accurate everywhere in the country. Plugging in some places I've traveled gives similar results to what you and Jonik have noted...while it's not bad overall, it's not very precise, like for example, in Costa Rica, our travel guides said ...

Drinking tap water in India is not always safe, especially at railway stations. However the tap water available at most of the monuments is safe to drink. I advise you to drink bottled water in trains. At many places there is an arrangement for filtered tap water by Indian government. You can trust that water.

Drinking unfiltered water in India is the number one cause of illness for foreign (and local) travelers. Consumption of tap water in India, unfortunately, carries the risk of water borne diseases such as Dysentery and Typhoid. Even with bottled water, ensure that you purchase from a reputable outlet, and not from a street hawker, to avoid the risk of ...

Generally non-portable water is not treated or has any purification. Well water is a good example where water taken from a bore hole on a farm is used for irrigation and not for drinking. Drinking water has had treatment to remove any pathogens that may exist in the water that is drawn from a bore hole. Bacteria can live in extreme conditions and if is well ...

I just spent 16 days in Morocco and even though I did read the answers here before I went, I did drink the tab water in the big cities (Tangiers, Fez, Marrakech, Casablanca) from the first day and did not get sick at all. But I have a long history of travelling and not getting sick, so you should not take me as a typical European. If you are on a short ...