Water Quality/Pollution

[Evans19]

Originally Posted by rendul

I am not that confident of the water in those plastic bottles. Have they been sterilized and have they been kept cool? I don't know for certain but we installed a sink-top filter system, made in Birkshire, England and we have had fewer intestinal problems than with the bottled water. Go figure

Same here..my mom used to tell me not to trust bottled waters easily ... To be sure that we are safe of what we are drinking, we boil the water and then, we cool them, so that we are able to drink it...

[NV_]

I spent abou 8 yrs not wanting to trust the botellones of water but the imported water was killing my wallet. Said wtf, and started drinking from the botellon.... damn what a waste of money all those years...

Never heard of anyone (expat or local) getting sick off the big blue bottles.

[bob saunders]

Originally Posted by Expat13

Are all the large blue bottled water sold at the colmados suspect?

Is there a particular brand that is safer.

I bought a water filter system in USA but doesnt work anywhere here due to the poor water pressure cannot pass through the filter in a reasonable time

I can't vouch for other places but in Jarabacoa there is a large stainless steel Reverse Osmosis system that fills the blue bottles. There is also a water truck that gets water from an Artesian well that is recommended by locals.

[Chirimoya]

Planeta Azul is supposed to be the most reliable.