karenssp said:What type of water utilities does the DR us to service the houses and businesses their?
Karen
Texas Bill said:the government agency in charge of all commercial and agricultural water supplies.
Unlike in 1st world countries, this water is NOT potable and you drink it, untreated by you, at your own risk. it is pumped directly from the lakes and streams into the transmission/distribution systems to you the user.
Not a very good system from a health standpoint. For that reason there is a booming business in bottled water---but I'm not o sure about the purification processes used by those water companies either. I've gotten some fairly smelly water at times (then used a few drops of clorax to make sure about it's potabilit).
All in all, it's a "catch-22" situation.
Somebody correct me if I'm wrong, please. Don't want to give out erroneous information.
Texas Bill
JDJones said:I've visited a couple of water bottling plants, and they have some pretty impressive equipment.
Not to long ago, quite a few bottling plants were closed because they didn't meet the proper requirements, so the gov't does check(sometimes!)
Texas Bill said:the government agency in charge of all commercial and agricultural water supplies.
Unlike in 1st world countries, this water is NOT potable and you drink it, untreated by you, at your own risk. it is pumped directly from the lakes and streams into the transmission/distribution systems to you the user.
Not a very good system from a health standpoint. For that reason there is a booming business in bottled water---but I'm not o sure about the purification processes used by those water companies either. I've gotten some fairly smelly water at times (then used a few drops of clorax to make sure about it's potabilit).
All in all, it's a "catch-22" situation.
Somebody correct me if I'm wrong, please. Don't want to give out erroneous information.
Texas Bill
It doesn't sound right that microbes can develop in an unopened bottle. I may be wrong, but it is my understanding that unopened bottled water never spoils. It may taste funny if it's past the expiration date, but that's due to the plastic bottle it's stored in.yasmin said:Even if the government checks the companie who bottles the water, and everything seems to be OK. There can still be a problem when you drink it. It all depends off the conditions the water has been stored and how long it has been bottled before consumption.
Lots of colmados store the water outside and the bottles are in the heath of the sun all day, this might cause the development of microbes in the water. Take a habit to boil it before you store it in the refrigerator.
btm55 said:Does anyone know what is considered to be the best filtered bottled water sold in the DR?