Is Kandy Tap Water Safe To Drink?

Yes, tap water is drinkable.

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Tap Water Kandy, Sri Lanka is one of the cities in the country that has most of its drinking water filtered. It''s not hard to see why, as the cost for purified water in this part of the world can be prohibitively expensive. The government offers a system that distributes pure tap water through community water trucks. These trucks are often colorful, signifying a sense of celebration in some of the rural communities where the water has simply been carted in from a nearby town.

Many people complain about the taste and odor of tap water, but some places have long been known for this type of flavor. In rural areas, where the tap water has long since been deemed unsafe, some communities have continued to drink bottled water, both to avoid giving away their supply and as a practical matter. While bottled water can do its share to kill bacteria, there may be a limit on the types of impurities it can contain. Many manufacturers of bottled water do include some filtration

The Kandy district has large number of known treks. Within the Kandy city the short walk of Asgiri Maha Viharaya via Bahirawakande hill is an interesting. Udawattakelle forest reserve in within the city limit, gives valuable walking in nature. The secret Walkers Forest upper Hantane trek is on special permission from the Municipal Council of Kandy. The famous Western Shrines of Kandy Gadaladeniya, Lankathilake temples and Embakke shrine are connected by a very scenic footpath. Other part of the west of Kandy, a part of Portuguese War Route, via Ihalakotte railway station to Dodanwala Devale shrine is passing forest reserves, Alagalle Mountain, tea estates and kandyan traditional villages. East of Kandy city the temples Gangaramaya, Galmaduwa, Degaldoruwa temple are well known for paintings, sculptures and architectural techniques.Knuckles mountain range and its forest trails are the most suitable for trekking in Sri Lanka. It has many nature trails cleared trough the forest by forest department with campsites. For example Mini world’s end trails in the west and east, Pitawala pathena trail, Ash cave trail, Nitre cave trail, Knuckles summit trail are very exciting. Also there are interconnected footpaths of cardamom planters, toddy tappers, tea plantation workers, farmers and villages. Traditional villages of the Knuckles foothills with so mach of treks and short walks such as Last King of Kandy, Sri Wikrama Rajasinhe’s (1798-1815) hideout place, Rathna water fall trek, Sitakotuwa limestone cave and waterfall trek, etc.South of Kandy the longest rice field scenery of the island, Lamasuriyagama the rice field was belonging to royal court of Kandy a very spectacular trek. It is undisturbed from electricity wires for photographs and with terrace rice fields by a Loggaloya river with watch huts of farmers. Loggaloya riverine forest trail to Victoria – Randenigala – Rantambe sanctuary is also a very interesting trekking.