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Can You Drink Tap Water in Nantes?
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 Nantes.
To see user submitted ratings of the water quality for France, see the "User Submitted Ratings" box on this page.
Tap Water Nantes France is one of the cities in France that is most famous for having contaminated tap water. It has been fined many times by the regional government, and has been found to contain high levels of VOCs and six times more benzene than the limit stipulated by law. The reason for this contamination is because the treatment facilities are not equipped with the right machinery and chemicals to treat the level of contamination that they find. This means that tap water can be considered as being safe, until you realize that it is a very dangerous chemical to consume. There have also been several cases where the cancer-causing compounds have been found in the town''s tap water.
As if this problem was not enough, it was recently reported that there are still a number of other impurities in the Nantes France water. It was revealed that there are still traces of lead, lindane, pesticides, herbicides, and PCPs present in the municipal supply. These chemicals ar
The estimated price of bottled water
$0.46 in USD (1.5-liter)
USER SUBMITTED RATINGS
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The above data is comprised of subjective, user submitted opinions about the water quality and pollution in Nantes, 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.