Is Ioannina Tap Water Safe To Drink?

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 Ioannina.

To see user submitted ratings of the water quality for Greece, see the "User Submitted Ratings" box on this page.

The municipality of Ioannina in Greece has long had a reputation for great tap water quality. However, as the rest of the country was hit with an economic recession in the last year or so, many people were left without running water in their homes and the quality of municipal tap water started to decline rapidly. This contaminated water became a very real source of foodborne disease that could be spread rapidly and unfortunately killed many innocent people during the outbreak. So, how is it that such outbreaks can be prevented?

Well, first of all, it is important to know just what kind of contamination is usually associated with diseases like cholera. It usually happens in areas where sanitation practices are poor. Often, poor hygiene results in contamination of the water sources that can feed these microscopic creatures. In this case, those who drink the contaminated water become ill. And these outbreaks happen more often than you might think. Indeed, most outbre