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Can You Drink Tap Water in Jiangmen?
We don't have enough information to make a specific recommendation about the safety of drinking tap water in Jiangmen, China.
However, based on information from nearby locations, the average water score in China 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 Jiangmen.
To see user submitted ratings of the water quality for China, see the "User Submitted Ratings" box on this page.
You can drink tap water in Jiangmen Borough, China, but you''re probably not going to enjoy it as much as you would if it was a city tap from somewhere else. That''s because in this part of the country, the water source comes from wells that are drilled hundreds of meters underground, many of which lie right next to the city''s main urban center, which is at the base of the Great Wall of China.
So, we''ve been discussing bottled water, but what about drinking tap water? What''s the first thing we need to know before we do any drinking water research in the area?
The answer to that question is pretty simple: you can''t! That''s because the water coming out of your tap is contaminated with bacteria and viruses. In most cases, the water comes from a tap pipe, a storm drain or a well, and so isn''t really as clean as you might like it to be.
One of the most common places people get this tap water from is a well. It''s not only common, it''s
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The above data is comprised of subjective, user submitted opinions about the water quality and pollution in Jiangmen, 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.