Is it safe to drink the water in PDC?

gitanojoc · 02-10-2006

There just so much tequila I can drink... I need to hydrate after a while.

Daddy B · 02-10-2006

Don't drink from puddles...

Buckly · 02-10-2006

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Originally Posted by Daddy B

Don't drink from puddles...

James A. · 02-10-2006

By using the handy search function, I found that this question was addressed here:

http://www.playa.info/playa-del-carm...drinking+water

krazy4playa · 02-10-2006

Generally speaking NO do not drink the water. That being said, I do brush my teeth with it. There are some restaurants that have purified tap water and some of the AIs do as well. Most of the boutique hotels do not. Now I think James has mentioned the Playa does treat it's water. Now I don't know to what extent it is treated and if the water mains are sanitary. I know that my friends that are native to Mexico do not drink it. I had a terrible time in June trying to remember not to fill the ice trays from the sink and to use bottled water. Just force of habit to turn the faucet on. I have been told that ice is purified. This I would tend to believe as a company maufacturing ice would probabley want to filter all impurities out as to not clog their machinery with impurities like lime. I have never been sick in Mexico and we have probably been some 15 times. (Knock on wood).

freespirits · 02-10-2006

I drank the water at a certain large AI restaurant and was sick for 3 days. Bad stomach cramps and lets just say we had to stick close to the room.

**Anna** · 02-10-2006

If you were at a restaurant, chances are that you ate something too and then there's no knowing exactly what made you sick. People ask about the water, ice cubes, salads, if the food in town is dangerous etc, but my personal opinion is that the most 'dangerous' thing you can eat is a buffet that's been sitting out in tropical heat for hours (which is the usual AI thing). I'd say that no restaurant in town would serve tap water, it's all purified.

Daddy B · 02-10-2006

You can drink from bidets...

cool301 · 02-10-2006

dont drink, its better not, if you dont drink it you wont be sick

Daddy B · 02-10-2006

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Originally Posted by cool301

dont drink, its better not, if you dont drink it you wont be sick

C'est vrai...

Ginger · 02-10-2006

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Originally Posted by krazy4playa

Generally speaking NO do not drink the water. That being said, I do brush my teeth with it.

Uhhh...this would depend, I think, on where you were staying. It is not something I would generally recommend if you are in a private condo and do not know the status of the water supply.

When we were living in Playa, a certain someone told me it was okay to brush my teeth with the water. We were living in a condo with a roof sistern, like most condos have, I imagine. Well, I got a bug (confirmed Dr. diagnosis) and ended up very sick. I can only attribute it to the water I was brushing my teeth with, as no one else got sick and it definately wasnt' from any food.

When I told another important and well-respected playa-knowledgeable member of this forum about it in Playa, I got the, "Oh no! I wouldn't brush my teeth with that water!"

I'll only listen to his godliness from now on!

But YMMV. Most hotels have purified water systems, I'd think. And it probably makes a difference if you are on city water system, and not cistern? I dunno.

krazy4playa · 02-10-2006

About 95% of the time when you get sick from food, it's from your own home. The average home kitchen is more unsanitary than a commercial one. Think how often you continate and cross contminate. For example have you ever dried your dishes with a dishtowel. Why did you wash them? You just spread bacteria all over your clean dishes. It is better to let them air dry. Do you use a sponge on your counter tops? Bad, very bad! A sponge is just a haven for bacteria. We always blame the restaurant we just ate at, when in reality it generally take about 48 hours to develop food sickness. So it probably wasn't the restaurant you ate at tonight or yesterday but your kitchen the day before yesterday.

kirbyfan · 02-10-2006

Been comming to playa for years, we dont drink the water but we brush our teeth with it and things like that. We have never gotten sick from the water, but then again with that much Sol and Tequilla running through your system how could anything survive!!!

StephenB · 02-10-2006

Even most of the locals drink bottled water if that tells you anything.

Daddy B · 02-10-2006

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Originally Posted by StephenB

Even most of the locals drink bottled water if that tells you anything.

Yeah, bottled water is generally affordable...

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gitanojoc sandflea Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Washington DC Posts: 3	Is it safe to drink the water in PDC? There just so much tequila I can drink... I need to hydrate after a while.

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krazy4playa añejo Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Minneapolis, MN Posts: 2,199	Generally speaking NO do not drink the water. That being said, I do brush my teeth with it. There are some restaurants that have purified tap water and some of the AIs do as well. Most of the boutique hotels do not. Now I think James has mentioned the Playa does treat it's water. Now I don't know to what extent it is treated and if the water mains are sanitary. I know that my friends that are native to Mexico do not drink it. I had a terrible time in June trying to remember not to fill the ice trays from the sink and to use bottled water. Just force of habit to turn the faucet on. I have been told that ice is purified. This I would tend to believe as a company maufacturing ice would probabley want to filter all impurities out as to not clog their machinery with impurities like lime. I have never been sick in Mexico and we have probably been some 15 times. (Knock on wood). Last edited by krazy4playa : 02-10-2006 at 03:40 PM.

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krazy4playa añejo Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Minneapolis, MN Posts: 2,199	About 95% of the time when you get sick from food, it's from your own home. The average home kitchen is more unsanitary than a commercial one. Think how often you continate and cross contminate. For example have you ever dried your dishes with a dishtowel. Why did you wash them? You just spread bacteria all over your clean dishes. It is better to let them air dry. Do you use a sponge on your counter tops? Bad, very bad! A sponge is just a haven for bacteria. We always blame the restaurant we just ate at, when in reality it generally take about 48 hours to develop food sickness. So it probably wasn't the restaurant you ate at tonight or yesterday but your kitchen the day before yesterday. Last edited by krazy4playa : 02-10-2006 at 03:41 PM.

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Daddy B añejo Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: 10 minutes walk from the Caribbean Posts: 8,995	Don't drink from puddles...

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James A. sandbagger vidiot Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Bell Buckle, TN Posts: 2,285	By using the handy search function, I found that this question was addressed here: http://www.playa.info/playa-del-carm...drinking+water

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freespirits into ruins Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Tulsa, Oklahoma Posts: 67	I drank the water at a certain large AI restaurant and was sick for 3 days. Bad stomach cramps and lets just say we had to stick close to the room.

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Anna top babe admin Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: after 10 wonderful years in Playa, now back in Sweden Posts: 3,005	If you were at a restaurant, chances are that you ate something too and then there's no knowing exactly what made you sick. People ask about the water, ice cubes, salads, if the food in town is dangerous etc, but my personal opinion is that the most 'dangerous' thing you can eat is a buffet that's been sitting out in tropical heat for hours (which is the usual AI thing). I'd say that no restaurant in town would serve tap water, it's all purified.

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Daddy B añejo Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: 10 minutes walk from the Caribbean Posts: 8,995	You can drink from bidets...

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cool301 lost on fifth Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 15	dont drink, its better not, if you dont drink it you wont be sick

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kirbyfan añejo Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Park Rapids Minnesota Posts: 3,274	Been comming to playa for years, we dont drink the water but we brush our teeth with it and things like that. We have never gotten sick from the water, but then again with that much Sol and Tequilla running through your system how could anything survive!!!

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StephenB añejo Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: New York State Posts: 2,102	Even most of the locals drink bottled water if that tells you anything.

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