Is Meerut Tap Water Safe To Drink?

No, tap water is not drinkable.

Tap Safe includes data from many publicly available sources, including the WHO (World Health Organization), CDC (Center for Disease Control), and user submitted databases, but unfortunately there's not enough data about Meerut.

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Since last few years, I have been getting many phone calls from my friend residing in India. He has bought bottled water from many brands; however, the quality of water from these brands is not at par with the water provided by our local municipal supply (the only source available there). He tried to explain to me that the municipal supply is very old and the contamination level is very high. Since I am based in the west, the quality of water I receive is of no importance.

My friend was very irritated when I told him that the quality of tap water available in India is far better than most bottled waters available here. I explained that the reason for this is that most of the water purification plants here are run by the local government, which do not have enough budget for maintaining a huge water purification plant. What they have available is old and outdated filters. They simply sell them to us as tap water purification system. Therefore, the water coming from