The water is from river for Cottage # 3 and 4 and from drilled well for Mountain cottage. In either case, the water is not regularly tested and we strongly recommend to not use it for drinking and cooking. There is a city water source for free in Minden behind the Bear Store or buy large jugs of water from grocery stores.

and taste can vary in regard to your country of origin. So, mainly when out of the hotels destined for international tourism, bottled water is recommended.

Hot water is more likely to contain iron, copper and lead from your household plumbing and water heater because these contaminants generally dissolve faster into hot water than cold water. Therefore you should only use cold water for cooking.

Never risk your health to drink the tap water although some luxury hotels claim that the tap water in their hotel is purified and safe to drink. Usually all rooms in the hotels are equipped with thermos bottles. Hot boiled water will be offered by the hotel free of charge. Call the front desks if you need. Bottled mineral water is widely available in stores, restaurants and street kiosks. Sometimes a bottle or two is provided free in your room by the hotel.

The tap water in Nicaragua is considered drinkable in your hotels visited by Explore Nicaragua Tours. If you prefer to drink bottled water, it is available for purchase in all your hotels and restaurants.

Relatively inexpensive conductivity meters are available. They will give you an approximation of your TDS in your water and fertilizer mix. The short answer is yes, unless you have a sodium-based water softener.

It is not suitable to use chlorine water for cooking as it may cause massive loss of vitamin B1 in the rice.

Cooking with perchlorate-laced water poses the same risk as drinking. However, when food is cooked and drained, any perchlorate would likely remain with the water, Mayer said. According to the United States Geological Survey, 85% of US homes have hard water. Some studies have even shown a weak inverse relationship between water hardness and cardiovascular disease in men, up to a level of 170 mg calcium carbonate per liter of water.

Short answer--No! There are a number of "nasty" micro-organisms, especially acanthomeba (sp) which likes feeding on corneal tissue. Storing lenses in water also defeats the purpose of using a disinfecting solution as there is no disinfection occurring. If anything you are exposing your lenses to more potentially dangerous microorganisms.

Yes. It would be extremely difficult for a bioterrorist to contaminate our drinking water supplies to cause widespread illness. Huge amounts of water are pumped daily from our reservoirs, most of which is used for industrial and other purposes. Anything deliberately put into the water supply would be greatly diluted. Poisoning water supplies would require truckloads of biological or chemical agents that are difficult to produce and relatively easy to detect.

Tap water is not automatically safe. It may be contaminated with chemicals, bacteria, viruses, protozoa, and dirt. Have your tap water tested by a laboratory. Then ask a water company to design a filtration and purification system based on the lab results. If your water comes from a well, it may be necessary to have it softened, which means eliminating hard elements like calcium, iron, and magnesium.

WATER FILTERS: One way to avoid fluoride from the tap is to purchase a water filter. However, most water filters will not effectively remove fluoride. For instance, Brita filters will NOT remove fluoride. The two types of filters which will reliably remove more than 90% of the fluoride are reverse-osmosis filters and activated alumina filters. Thus, if you are looking for a filter to remove fluoride, make sure it uses "reverse-osmosis" or "activated alumina" technology.

Help. I didnt get a warranty card with my omega 8001 juicer. What I need is a warranty card to guarantee my 5 years warranty...as so stated in the owners manual. There was no warranty card in the box with the juicer.

Hot water generally comes from a hot water heater that may contain impurities that should not be ingested. Some of these impurities might be metals from household plumbing that are concentrated in the heating process. Additionally, these impurities from the household plumbing dissolve more rapidly in hot water than cold water causing the amount of impurities to be higher in hot water. Therefore, cold water should be used for all drinking and cooking uses, as well as for baby formula.