I am wondering what the deal is what the drinking Water in DR. When I went to Boca Chica earlier this month I was told not to drink water from the tap. While browsing through these forums I've noticed that many expatriates seem to have thier own water reserves.
I know that drinking water varies from country to country and if you drink the water in a foreign country you'll get sick due to how different the water is. I found this out the hard way when I took a weekend trip to toronto :dead: with a friend, stayed at some 4 or 5 star hotel (delta chelsea) and we both came back feeling sick as hell..... or at least we THINK it was the water :shrugs:
Is the water situation in DR similar to that in mexico, where the locals drink it but if you're from another country you get sick? Is it something where, if you were to move to DR and drink water from the faucet you'd get sick for a week but then would be okay and the water wouldnt affect you? Or is it something where the water is continually contaminated and drinking it would take ten or twenty someodd years off of your lifespan?
The other question I have is while you are in DR what do you guys do for water? Do you boil the water from the tap or use some filtering system or just buy bottled water or have some sorta water tower collector thing on the roof?
When I was in boca chica, I tried to buy some bottled water when I got there but couldnt because the guy at the supermarket couldnt break my 500 peso notes when trying to buy 150 pesos worth of water.
I know that drinking water varies from country to country and if you drink the water in a foreign country you'll get sick due to how different the water is. I found this out the hard way when I took a weekend trip to toronto :dead: with a friend, stayed at some 4 or 5 star hotel (delta chelsea) and we both came back feeling sick as hell..... or at least we THINK it was the water :shrugs:
Is the water situation in DR similar to that in mexico, where the locals drink it but if you're from another country you get sick? Is it something where, if you were to move to DR and drink water from the faucet you'd get sick for a week but then would be okay and the water wouldnt affect you? Or is it something where the water is continually contaminated and drinking it would take ten or twenty someodd years off of your lifespan?
The other question I have is while you are in DR what do you guys do for water? Do you boil the water from the tap or use some filtering system or just buy bottled water or have some sorta water tower collector thing on the roof?
When I was in boca chica, I tried to buy some bottled water when I got there but couldnt because the guy at the supermarket couldnt break my 500 peso notes when trying to buy 150 pesos worth of water.