All restaurants and almost all the little roadside stands serve bottled water and clean factory-made ice cubes. Vegetables are washed in tap water, but are safe when cooked. You may want to avoid eating raw ones.

All restaurants, even little roadside ones serve bottled water and clean factory-made-ice cubes. Vegetables are usually washed in tap water, but are safe when cooked. You may want to avoid eating raw foods.

Intentional contamination of the water supply is thought to be highly unlikely. Water treatment facilities routinely filter the drinking water supply, add chlorine in order to kill harmful germs and regularly test for contaminants.

Yes. The Multi-Pure Drinking Water System (Models MP750SB, MP1200EL, and MP880EL) can be connected to any type of water dispenser or ice maker. Minerals are totally dissolved in solution and do not have an actual physical size; thus, the minerals pass through the filter unchanged. The materials used in Multi-Pure Drinking Water are specially selected for their ability to react with the chemicals in the water but not with natural minerals.

Flakes are caused by calcium carbonate and magnesium carbonate precipitates. When hard water is frozen or boiled, the carbonates in the water come out of solution, appearing as whitish flakes and attaching to containers. This calcium is the same as that in dairy products and is harmless. Soft water does not have any calcium or magnesium carbonate deposits, but the use of soft water is not recommended.

Water is generally safe in urban areas and established hotels/resorts, but for first-time African travelers this may cause abdominal upsets. So it is best to drink sealed bottled water, which is available throughout Kenya and Tanzania ? hotels, lodges and camps. This same sealed bottled or purified water is what is used by hotels, lodges and camps to make ice cubes, so they are safe; but if you are not comfortable doing so, avoid the ice cubes.

Yes. The American Dental Association continues to support the optimal level of fluoride in drinking water as 0.7 - 1.2 parts per million (ppm). Nursery Waters has a level up to 0.7 parts per million - well within ADA recommendations. This means that when your child is drinking Nursery Water, you can be confident that your child is getting the right level of fluoride.

Drinking water is available at most developed campgrounds. When it is not provided, water should always be treated with purification tablets or iodine, by boiling, or by filtering. One safe method of treatment is boiling vigorously for 3-5 minutes to kill parasitic organisms which may be present. To improve taste, add a pinch of salt to each quart of boiled water or pour it back and forth from one clean container to another several times. More on drinking water...

Using ice cubes is not the best way to cool water, since it can alter water's taste and composition. Mineral water should be cooled in a 'glacette' or ice bucket.

There are so many different types of contaminants that it is impossible to be completely sure on all possibilities. You can, however, have your water tested for bacteriological safety and for specific contaminants. The NORS (National Organics Reconnaissance Survey) showed that essentially all treated water supplies have at least trace amounts of chemical contaminants, such as THM's, present.

Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) was passed in 1974, but in the following years has been amended many time to expand its capacity. The act was passed to prohibit organic chemicals from entering the drinking water sources, it establishes the standard of safe drinking water, monitors public water systems, and prevents pollutions from entering the groundwater from injection wells.

In correct amounts, added and naturally occurring fluoride has improved the dental health of American consumers. Fairfax Water's water generally has between 0.8 and 1.2 mg/L of Fluoride. The pink stain (sometimes slimy in the way it feels) is generally a mixture of non-pathogenic bacteria. These bacteria are believed to be airborne and multiply in damp environments. Commercial cleansers containing bleach are effective in killing the bacteria and getting rid of the stain.

YES - tanks are manufactured from food grade polyethylene and meet specifications contained in FDA regulations 21 CFR 177.1520(c)3.1 and NSF Standard 51. Maintaining the quality of water in the tank is of course your responsibility. Information on water quality can be obtained from water supply companies, well drillers or local public health departments.

Yes. Boyd drinking water meets or exceeds all federal (EPA) drinking water requirements. Read our Drinking Water Quality Report.

Yes. All groundwater extracted as part of the cleanup is fully treated to remove TCE in the water supply to levels safely below the drinking water standards. Drinking water standards are conservatively set to protect the public against substances that may be harmful if consumed for long periods of time. The treated water at the NIBW site is rigorously tested to assure the water is safe.

The Palm Beach County Water Utilities Department (561-740-4600) exceeds all water quality standards for local, state and federal regulations. An Annual Water Quality Report is mailed to our customers every year.

Yes, without question, Mountain Lakes' drinking water is safe. The long term plan includes continued maintenance of the distribution system and exploration of Well #2.

Not even the locals drink the tap water...and all of the ice on the island in restaurants, hotels, etc. is purified. Any water/ice that you are served anywhere on the island will be purified, so not to worry. As I said, not even the locals drink it, so why would they give it to a tourist? No one wants you getting sick on vacation. Some of the larger and nicer hotels/resorts do have water filtration/purification systems.