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<\/a><\/p>\nJaen Province<\/strong> Calahonda Royale<\/strong> Fuerteventura<\/strong> Campo, La Marina<\/strong> Pruna<\/strong> Ontinyent<\/strong> Adra, Western Almeria<\/strong> Santiago de la Ribera, Murcia<\/strong> Turis, Los Cabelleros<\/strong> Ayamonte<\/strong> Pontiente de Granada<\/strong> Lanjaron<\/strong> Aldeire Granada<\/strong> Almoradi, Alicante Polop de La Marina, Alicante Province<\/strong> Macastre<\/strong> Albu\u00f1ol<\/strong> Quesada Rojales<\/strong> Liber, Alicante<\/strong> Elviria<\/strong> Castril<\/strong> Alhaurin el Grande<\/strong> Calasparra, Murcia<\/strong> Murcia coast<\/strong> Toledo Madrid<\/strong> Santo Domingo, Madrid Extremadura, Badajoz<\/strong> Castalla<\/strong> Mallorca<\/strong> Berja, Almeria Galicia<\/strong> Mijas, Andalucia<\/strong> Antequera, Malaga<\/strong> Arboleas, Albox<\/strong> Torrevieja<\/strong> Torrevieja<\/strong> Castalla<\/strong> Altea<\/strong>
\nSafe to drink warned not to and doesn\u2019t taste good.
\nSue: \u201cWe were told not to drink tap water only because it is very hard and after a time could\/might cause renal stones.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nSafe to drink and tastes ok
\nLinda: \u201cI live in CALAHONDA Royale and I have been drinking tap water for 13 years and am still alive ! Makes me laugh when I see people carrying 5 gallon water bottles up the hill!\u201d<\/p>\n
\nDesaltination and not recommended to drink unless filtered.
\nHugh: \u201cWe wouldn\u2019t drink ours here in Fuerteventura. It\u2019s probably fine from the desalination plant. But many of the rubber water pipes travel above ground in a lot of places, so will get hot in the sun encouraging bacteria growth. Also, the pressure isn\u2019t very high so it doesn\u2019t easily push out any contaminants where there are breaks.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nSafe to drink but tastes bad.
\nVeronica: \u201cTold it\u2019s fine to drink as long as it\u2019s from the tap but to invest in an inline filter as it\u2019s high in a mineral but other than that it\u2019s fine.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nGood to drink.
\nChris: \u201cInland the old villages all have water sources, mountain water, crisp and clean, comes out of the taps in Pruna. Is delicious.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nGood to drink
\nMervyn: \u201cWe drink our tap water \u2013 it\u2019s wonderful. In fact, I am told that the water Ontinyent is so good that it\u2019s \u2018shipped\u2019 all over to Spain and mainly Barcelona.<\/p>\n
\nSafe to drink but tastes bad.
\nCarol: \u201cOur tap water is normally heavily chlorinated but sometimes in Summer, someone forgets & it can smell & taste stale. For years I drank Spring water (straight from the source) but some new houses have been built above it. Where do their sewers go? Now buy in Lidl @28c for 2lts. I\u2019m near Adra, Western Almeria. Just be careful because it can be dangerous (so I\u2019m told), if the water gets hot in plastic bottles.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nSafe to drink but tastes bad
\nChristine: \u201cTap water is ok but we mainly drink it boiled. Used bottled water when we first came to Spain but someone asked me what I think I was drinking in cafes \u2013 yes, boiled tap water!\u201d<\/p>\n
\nTold not to drink. Tastes bad.
\nSusannah: \u201cSo much debri in the supply.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nSafe to drink and tastes good.
\nAlice: \u201cI have always drank the tap water here.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nTold not to drink. Tastes bad.
\nAnne: \u201dWouldn\u2019t drink ours either straight from the tap, although we do cook with it. We buy the 5l flagons which we decant into a fridge dispenser.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nSafe to drink and used for bottling<\/p>\n
\nSafe to drink and tastes good.
\nKay: \u201chave always drank from the tap\u201d<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Safe to drink and tastes good.
\n<\/strong>Carole: \u201cI live in Almoradi, Alicante and use the water from my taps for everything. However, for drinking, using in kettle and using in iron I use the water through the filtered water tap by the side of the kitchen sink. Had this installed over 10 years ago and have the filters changed about every 6 months or so. Always have a bottle of it in the fridge.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nSafe to drink and tastes good.
\n\u201cOur tap water is wonderful.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nSafe to drink and tastes ok.
\nJackie: \u201cwe drink the water with no problems\u201d<\/p>\n
\nSafe to drink and tastes ok.
\nBill: OK in winter, but put in fridge in summer. Probably a lot better than some I\u2019ve tasted in England.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nSafe to drink but tastes bad.
\nMaggie: \u201cWe have a filter but lots of our friends and neighbours drink straight from the tap. I am a but obsessive about water and had a filter in the UK.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nSafe to drink but tastes bad.
\nHelen: \u201cmost of the time we can drink the water but it doesn\u2019t taste nice\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n
\nSafe to drink and tastes ok.
\nKath: \u201cWe live in Elviria and drink the tap water\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n
\nSafe to drink but tastes bad and pipes are old
\nQueenie: \u201cit\u2019s probably fine when it comes out of the mountains , but whatever they do to it and by the time it\u2019s run through ancient asbestos pipes which are constantly bursting , it looks and sometimes smells a health hazard.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nSafe to drink and tastes ok.
\nTina: \u201cDrink from the tap all the time.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nSafe to drink but tastes poor.
\nJan: \u201cWe get bottled water from Consum, some people drink the tap water.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nSafe to drink but tastes poor.
\nEmilio \u201dMany people think that the water is bad. Mostly that is total b\u00fank. The water from the tap is good in most areas. Total stupidity most of the time, shipping or buying bottled water.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nSafe to drink and tastes ok.<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nSafe to drink and tastes good in most areas. Some people consider it to have too much chlorine during the summer.
\nAlexandra: \u201cMadrid is great\u201d<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>James: \u201cThe well water here is unsafe to drink due to the levels of arsenic.\u201d
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\nVejer de la Frontera<\/strong>
\nSafe to drink but tastes terrible.
\nTracy: \u201cWe spoke about water preferred to drink bottled, but you could drink from the tap.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nSafe to drink and tastes ok.
\nAnn: \u201cI live in Badajoz region in Extremadura and there is nothing wrong with the water here.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nSafe to drink and tastes ok.
\nSusan: \u201cWater is fine here it goes through treatment centre\u201d<\/p>\n
\nSafe to drink but tastes bad in many areas of the island
\nNorm: \u201cwater\u2019s fine straight from the tap.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Safe to drink and tastes good.
\nJean: \u201cour water is fine drank gallons of it through the summer\u201d<\/p>\n
\nSafe to drink and generally tastes good.<\/p>\n
\nEdith: \u201cWe drink the tap water.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nSafe to drink generally but tastes bad. Lots of limescale.
\nRandolph: \u201cdrank the tap water for a while in my second year here in \u201905. Sadly it did cause a lot of discomfort for me after a year or two because of the level of limescale (cal). I still drink it but use a filter jug. I see a big difference in the electric kettle when using filtered water.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nSafe to drink but discoloured and tastes bad.
\nDani: \u201cOnly use tapped water for cooking at boiling temps as the colour is sometimes a little amber in colour!\u201d<\/p>\n
\nSafe to drink but tastes poorly, very hard and lots of limescale
\nAnnabel: \u201cWe always use tap water for most things. Only filtered\/bottled for the coffee machines (Tassimo type ones) because of the limescale!\u201d<\/p>\n
\nSafe to drink but tastes bad.
\nSteve: \u201cI have been \u201ctold\u201d all types of things usually by people who have lived here for a short time if at all \u2026\u2026 and often selling some fort of water purification system.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nSafe to drink but tastes poorly.
\nJenny: \u201cThe spanish all drink from the tap here but i have a water filter and also use bottled water, tap water for tea.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nSafe to drink but tastes poorly.
\nBob: \u201cWe have an inline filter for drinking water but use the tap water for teeth cleaning without problems. The inline filter system is mostly for the lime scale which can cause kidney stone problems if you drink a lot of it (which we do).\u201d<\/p>\n
According to the Spanish government 99.5% of all public water in Spain<\/a> is potable (meaning safe to drink). That\u2019s what the different water quality reports from Spain indicate. Despite this many people are afraid to drink and cook with tap water. One good way to know if there\u2019s any threat in the water is to check the water quality reports from Spain and the different areas.<\/p>\n There are few public sources available. TAPP Water therefore built a database aggregating reports from the the local water companies in over 200 cities (search with postcode) in Spain. See Water Quality in Spain<\/a>.<\/p>\n But the best source is to hear what the locals think and say. This is a summary of what people say about the drinking water across 70 cities in Spain.<\/p>\n Here you go from north to south in Spain. Use search in the browser to find your area while we work on structuring the information better.<\/p>\nDrinking water in Spain: By the people for the people<\/h2>\n