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Can You Drink Tap Water in Ibadan?
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 Ibadan.
To see user submitted ratings of the water quality for Nigeria, see the "User Submitted Ratings" box on this page.
The effects of having Tap Water in Ibadan, Nigeria are not pretty. The water is potable, but it has no taste and people have started to get addicted to it. The reason why they got addicted to it was because of all the minerals that it contains. Many years ago, there were mining operations that took the natural minerals from the aquifer. Now days anyone who drinks Tap Water in Ibadan will become dependent on it for their daily drinking needs.
Even the drinking water that comes from borehole wells is no longer as pure as it used to be. Most of the minerals that you get from your tap when you tap it are contaminated with heavy metals such as lead, arsenic, mercury and many more. The only way to get rid of these contaminants is by installing a filtration system in your home. But before that, you need to know how clean your drinking water really is.
In most of the towns in Ibadan, Nigeria, tap water is treated with chemicals such as chlorine and hydroquino
The estimated price of bottled water
$0.46 in USD (1.5-liter)
USER SUBMITTED RATINGS
- Drinking Water Pollution and Inaccessibility
- Water Pollution
- Drinking Water Quality and Accessibility
- Water Quality
The above data is comprised of subjective, user submitted opinions about the water quality and pollution in Ibadan, 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.