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Can You Drink Tap Water in Ensenada?
Yes, tap water is 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 Ensenada.
To see user submitted ratings of the water quality for Mexico, see the "User Submitted Ratings" box on this page.
Ensenada, Mexico lies in the basin of Guadalajara, one of the most ancient and richest Mayan cities. Like many other towns of the region, it has a fresh supply of clean tap water. But the story is different in Ensenada, Mexico, because its city water supply faces problems with waste and contamination from nearby industrial zones. Ensenada''s water supply has also been threatened by the hydro-dumping activities of farms located in the area.
What are these issues? These issues are part of Mexico''s responsibility to protect the environment. Environmentalists have raised questions about the volume of raw sewage that seeps into the ground and contaminate the underground aquifers. The lack of effective sewage treatment plants results in uncontrolled discharge of agricultural and other chemicals into the underground aquifers. In the process, they create toxic gases that are emitted into the atmosphere.
Industrial zones also produce other hazardous substance
The estimated price of bottled water
$0.71 in USD (1.5-liter)
USER SUBMITTED RATINGS
- Drinking Water Pollution and Inaccessibility
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- Drinking Water Quality and Accessibility
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The above data is comprised of subjective, user submitted opinions about the water quality and pollution in Ensenada, measured on a scale from 0% (lowest) to 100% (highest).
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Reminder
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.