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Can You Drink Tap Water in Bor?
We don't have enough information to make a specific recommendation about the safety of drinking tap water in Bor, Turkey.
However, based on information from nearby locations, the average water score in Turkey is a out of 100.
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 Bor.
To see user submitted ratings of the water quality for Turkey, see the "User Submitted Ratings" box on this page.
The waters of Turkey, more than most other countries, are a mixture of various contaminants. It''s no wonder that Turkey''s government, in an effort to clean up the waters for human consumption, has introduced a tap water safety law. According to this law, every water company is required to test their public water supplies and make them available for purchase to consumers. In addition, they must also provide the water consumers with detailed information about the quality of that water. The goal is to provide the general public with accurate and useful information about the water they consume and how it compares to that provided by municipal treatment plants.
What makes this law meaningful is that it requires companies to give the public access to information about the quality of their drinking water. If a company fails to comply, they can be fined heavily. For many years, Turkey was one of the world leaders in waterborne disease prevention. The risk factors associ
The estimated price of bottled water
$0.44 in USD (1.5-liter)
USER SUBMITTED RATINGS
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The above data is comprised of subjective, user submitted opinions about the water quality and pollution in Bor, measured on a scale from 0% (lowest) to 100% (highest).
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Always take extra precautions, the water may be safe to drink when it leaves the sewage treatment plant but it may pick up pollutants during its way to your tap. We advise that you ask locals or hotel staff about the water quality. Also, note that different cities have different water mineral contents.