Tap Water Safety by City

Tap water in Abu Dhabi is safe to drink and regulated under United Arab Emirates’s national drinking water standards.

Do not drink tap water in Agra. Use bottled or properly purified water for all drinking and brushing teeth.

Amsterdam tap water is safe to drink and is among the best-rated municipal water supplies in Europe. Waternet publishes …

Antalya tap water is actively monitored by municipal authorities and is generally considered safe at the municipal suppl…

Athens tap water is generally safe to drink in normal conditions, with monitoring by EYDAP. Many travelers still choose …

Tap water in Auckland is safe to drink and regulated under New Zealand’s national drinking water standards.

Do NOT drink tap water in Bali. It is contaminated with E. coli, parasites, and heavy metals. Use only bottled or filter…

Do not drink tap water in Bangalore. Use bottled or properly purified water for all drinking and brushing teeth.

Bangkok's tap water meets WHO standards at the treatment plant but is not safe to drink from the tap due to aging pipes …

Barcelona tap water is safe to drink and meets EU and WHO standards. Aigues de Barcelona conducts over 1,100 daily quali…

Do not drink tap water in Batam. Use bottled or properly purified water for all drinking and brushing teeth.

Tap water in Beijing is treated but best approached with caution for visitors. Many travelers prefer bottled or filtered…

Berlin tap water is generally safe to drink and Berliner Wasserbetriebe publishes drinking water quality information. Th…

Tap water in Bologna is safe to drink and regulated under Italy’s national drinking water standards.

Tap water in Boston is safe to drink and regulated under United States’s national drinking water standards.

Brussels tap water is generally safe to drink in normal conditions. The main practical caveat for travelers is usually o…

Budapest tap water is generally safe to drink in normal conditions. The main practical caveat for travelers is usually o…

Tap water in Buenos Aires is treated but best approached with caution for visitors. Many travelers prefer bottled or fil…

Tap water in Busan is safe to drink and regulated under South Korea’s national drinking water standards.

Tap water in Cairo is treated but best approached with caution for visitors. Many travelers prefer bottled or filtered w…

Do NOT drink Cancun's tap water. The municipal supply is contaminated with fecal bacteria and nitrates due to the vulner…

Do not drink tap water in Cebu. Use bottled or properly purified water for all drinking and brushing teeth.

Tap water in Chengdu is treated but best approached with caution for visitors. Many travelers prefer bottled or filtered…

Do not drink tap water in Chennai. Use bottled or properly purified water for all drinking and brushing teeth.

Tap water in Chiang Mai is not safe to drink directly. While treated at the source, aging pipes introduce bacteria and h…

Tap water in Chiba is safe to drink and regulated under Japan’s national drinking water standards.

Chicago tap water is generally safe to drink and the City publishes annual Consumer Confidence Reports. The main caution…

Tap water in Chongqing is treated but best approached with caution for visitors. Many travelers prefer bottled or filter…

Do not drink tap water in Colombo. Use bottled or properly purified water for all drinking and brushing teeth.

Tap water in Copenhagen is safe to drink and regulated under Denmark’s national drinking water standards.

Do not drink tap water in Da Nang. Use bottled or properly purified water for all drinking and brushing teeth.

Tap water in Dammam is safe to drink and regulated under Saudi Arabia’s national drinking water standards.

Do NOT drink Delhi tap water. It is contaminated with sewage, bacteria, ammonia, and heavy metals. Use only bottled or R…

Do not drink tap water in Denpasar. Use bottled or properly purified water for all drinking and brushing teeth.

Tap water in Doha is safe to drink and regulated under Qatar’s national drinking water standards.

Dubai's tap water is safe to drink at the source. DEWA meets WHO standards, but building tanks and old pipes can affect …

Dublin tap water is generally safe to drink in normal conditions, with oversight by Uisce Eireann and EPA Ireland. The m…

Tap water in Dubrovnik is treated but best approached with caution for visitors. Many travelers prefer bottled or filter…

Tap water in Düsseldorf is safe to drink and regulated under Germany’s national drinking water standards.

Edinburgh tap water is generally safe to drink in normal conditions. The main practical caveat for travelers is usually …

Florence tap water is generally safe to drink and local utility Publiacqua publishes quality information. Travelers main…

Tap water in Frankfurt is safe to drink and regulated under Germany’s national drinking water standards.

Tap water in Fukuoka is safe to drink and regulated under Japan’s national drinking water standards.

Tap water in Geneva is safe to drink and regulated under Switzerland’s national drinking water standards.

Do not drink tap water in Goa. Use bottled or properly purified water for all drinking and brushing teeth.

Tap water in Guangzhou is treated but best approached with caution for visitors. Many travelers prefer bottled or filter…

Tap water in Guilin is treated but best approached with caution for visitors. Many travelers prefer bottled or filtered …

Do not drink tap water in Ha Long. Use bottled or properly purified water for all drinking and brushing teeth.

Tap water in Hamburg is safe to drink and regulated under Germany’s national drinking water standards.

Tap water in Hangzhou is treated but best approached with caution for visitors. Many travelers prefer bottled or filtere…

Do not drink tap water in Hanoi. Use bottled or properly purified water for all drinking and brushing teeth.

Tap water in Helsinki is safe to drink and regulated under Finland’s national drinking water standards.

Tap water in Heraklion is safe to drink and regulated under Greece’s national drinking water standards.

Do not drink tap water in Ho Chi Minh City. Use bottled or properly purified water for all drinking and brushing teeth.

Tap water in Hong Kong is treated but best approached with caution for visitors. Many travelers prefer bottled or filter…

Tap water in Honolulu is safe to drink and regulated under United States’s national drinking water standards.

Tap water in Hurghada is treated but best approached with caution for visitors. Many travelers prefer bottled or filtere…

Tap water meets international standards but not recommended for drinking due to infrastructure and taste issues; use bot…

Do not drink tap water in Jaipur. Use bottled or properly purified water for all drinking and brushing teeth.

Do not drink tap water in Jakarta. Use bottled or properly purified water for all drinking and brushing teeth.

Tap water in Jeddah is safe to drink and regulated under Saudi Arabia’s national drinking water standards.

Tap water in Jeju is safe to drink and regulated under South Korea’s national drinking water standards.

Tap water in Jerusalem is safe to drink and regulated under Israel’s national drinking water standards.

Tap water in Johannesburg is treated but best approached with caution for visitors. Many travelers prefer bottled or fil…

Tap water in Johor Bahru is treated but best approached with caution for visitors. Many travelers prefer bottled or filt…

Do not drink tap water in Kathmandu. Use bottled or properly purified water for all drinking and brushing teeth.

Do not drink tap water in Kolkata. Use bottled or properly purified water for all drinking and brushing teeth.

Tap water in Krabi is treated but best approached with caution for visitors. Many travelers prefer bottled or filtered w…

Krakow tap water is generally safe to drink in normal conditions. The main practical caveat for travelers is usually old…

Kuala Lumpur tap water is treated to Malaysian Ministry of Health and WHO-referenced standards, but travelers should use…

Tap water in Kuwait City is safe to drink and regulated under Kuwait’s national drinking water standards.

Tap water in Kyoto is safe to drink and regulated under Japan’s national drinking water standards.

Las Vegas tap water is generally safe to drink and is supplied under strict U.S. standards, but many travelers and resid…

Do not drink tap water in Lima. Use bottled or properly purified water for all drinking and brushing teeth.

Tap water in Lisbon is safe to drink and meets all EU standards. EPAL maintains excellent quality with 98.86% safe water…

London tap water is safe to drink and among the most rigorously tested in the world. Thames Water conducts over 500,000 …

Los Angeles tap water is generally safe to drink and meets EPA standards, but caution advisories apply to certain neighb…

Tap water in Macau is treated but best approached with caution for visitors. Many travelers prefer bottled or filtered w…

Madrid's tap water is safe to drink and exceeds EU standards. Managed by Canal de Isabel II, it ranks among Europe's bes…

Tap water in Malé is safe to drink and regulated under Maldives’s national drinking water standards.

Tap water in Manama is safe to drink and regulated under Bahrain’s national drinking water standards.

Do not drink tap water in Manila. Use bottled or properly purified water for all drinking and brushing teeth.

Tap water in Marne-La-Vallée is safe to drink and regulated under France’s national drinking water standards.

Tap water in Marrakech is treated but best approached with caution for visitors. Many travelers prefer bottled or filter…

Mecca has regulated water and utility infrastructure in Saudi Arabia, but travelers should use caution drinking directly…

Tap water in Medina is safe to drink and regulated under Saudi Arabia’s national drinking water standards.

Melbourne tap water is generally safe to drink and is often considered high quality. The city benefits from protected ca…

Do NOT drink tap water directly. Mexico City's tap water is contaminated with bacteria, heavy metals, and chemicals. Use…

Miami tap water is generally safe to drink and is regulated under U.S. EPA standards, with Miami-Dade Water and Sewer De…

Milan tap water is safe to drink and is widely consumed by residents. MM and Milano Blu publish water information, and l…

Tap water in Montreal is safe to drink and regulated under Canada’s national drinking water standards.

Tap water in Moscow is treated but best approached with caution for visitors. Many travelers prefer bottled or filtered …

Do not drink tap water in Mumbai. Use bottled or properly purified water for all drinking and brushing teeth.

Munich tap water is generally safe to drink and is widely regarded as excellent quality. SWM publishes information about…

Tap water in Muscat is treated but best approached with caution for visitors. Many travelers prefer bottled or filtered …

Tap water in Muğla is treated but best approached with caution for visitors. Many travelers prefer bottled or filtered w…

Tap water in Nanjing is treated but best approached with caution for visitors. Many travelers prefer bottled or filtered…

Tap water in Naples is safe to drink and regulated under Italy’s national drinking water standards.

New York City tap water is among the safest and best-tasting in the United States. Sourced from pristine Catskill and De…

Tap water in Nice is safe to drink and regulated under France’s national drinking water standards.

Orlando tap water is generally safe to drink and is regulated under U.S. drinking-water standards. OUC publishes an annu…

Osaka tap water is safe to drink directly and is managed to the same legal quality standards as bottled water in Japan. …

Tap water in Oslo is safe to drink and regulated under Norway’s national drinking water standards.

Tap water in Palma de Mallorca is safe to drink and regulated under Spain’s national drinking water standards.

Tap water in Paris is safe to drink and meets all EU and WHO standards. Eau de Paris tests over 300 parameters annually …

Pattaya tap water is treated by the Thai public water system and PWA offices publish quality updates, but travelers shou…

Tap water in Pattaya-Chonburi is treated but best approached with caution for visitors. Many travelers prefer bottled or…

Tap water in Penang (George Town) is treated but best approached with caution for visitors. Many travelers prefer bottle…

Do not drink tap water in Phnom Penh. Use bottled or properly purified water for all drinking and brushing teeth.

Phuket tap water is treated and monitored by Thailand's Provincial Waterworks Authority (PWA), but travelers should use …

Tap water in Porto is safe to drink and regulated under Portugal’s national drinking water standards.

Prague tap water is safe to drink and is supplied through a heavily monitored municipal network operated by PVK/PVS. The…

Do not drink tap water in Punta Cana. Use bottled or properly purified water for all drinking and brushing teeth.

Tap water in Reykjavík is safe to drink and regulated under Iceland’s national drinking water standards.

Tap water in Rhodes is safe to drink and regulated under Greece’s national drinking water standards.

Tap water in Rio de Janeiro is treated but best approached with caution for visitors. Many travelers prefer bottled or f…

Riyadh has a large regulated water utility system, but travelers should use caution drinking directly from the tap becau…

Rome's tap water is safe, clean, and rigorously tested to meet EU standards. Over 2,500 iconic nasoni fountains provide …

Tap water in Saint Petersburg is treated but best approached with caution for visitors. Many travelers prefer bottled or…

San Francisco tap water is safe to drink and is widely considered one of the best municipal supplies in the United State…

Tap water in San Jose is safe to drink and regulated under United States’s national drinking water standards.

Tap water in Santiago is safe to drink and regulated under Chile’s national drinking water standards.

Tap water in Sanya is treated but best approached with caution for visitors. Many travelers prefer bottled or filtered w…

Tap water in Sapporo is safe to drink and regulated under Japan’s national drinking water standards.

Seoul tap water (Arisu) is safe to drink. Seoul reports very high compliance and conducts extensive testing from treatme…

Tap water in Seville is safe to drink and regulated under Spain’s national drinking water standards.

Shanghai has a large regulated municipal water system, but travelers should use caution drinking directly from the tap. …

Tap water in Sharjah is safe to drink and regulated under United Arab Emirates’s national drinking water standards.

Tap water in Shenzhen is treated but best approached with caution for visitors. Many travelers prefer bottled or filtere…

Do not drink tap water in Siem Reap. Use bottled or properly purified water for all drinking and brushing teeth.

Singapore tap water is safe to drink directly from the tap. PUB states it meets WHO Guidelines and US EPA standards and …

Tap water in Stockholm is safe to drink and regulated under Sweden’s national drinking water standards.

Sydney tap water is generally safe to drink and is managed under Australian drinking water standards. Travelers can usua…

Tap water in São Paulo is treated but best approached with caution for visitors. Many travelers prefer bottled or filter…

Taipei tap water is safe to drink under the city's highly monitored system. Taipei Water Department reports very high pa…

Tap water in Tallinn is safe to drink and regulated under Estonia’s national drinking water standards.

Tap water in Tbilisi is treated but best approached with caution for visitors. Many travelers prefer bottled or filtered…

Tap water in Tel Aviv is safe to drink and regulated under Israel’s national drinking water standards.

Tap water in Thessaloniki is safe to drink and regulated under Greece’s national drinking water standards.

Tokyo tap water is among the safest in the world. Managed by the Bureau of Waterworks, it exceeds WHO guidelines and pas…

Toronto tap water is generally safe to drink and is monitored under Canadian and Ontario drinking water rules. The main …

Tap water in Valencia is safe to drink and regulated under Spain’s national drinking water standards.

Vancouver tap water is generally safe to drink and is considered excellent by many residents. The Metro Vancouver system…

Venice tap water is generally safe to drink and is managed by the local integrated water utility. The main caveat for tr…

Tap water in Verona is safe to drink and regulated under Italy’s national drinking water standards.

Vienna tap water is safe to drink and is among the best municipal supplies in Europe. The city reports alpine spring sou…

Tap water in Vilnius is safe to drink and regulated under Lithuania’s national drinking water standards.

Warsaw tap water is generally safe to drink in normal conditions. The main practical caveat for travelers is usually old…

Tap water in Washington D.C. is safe to drink and regulated under United States’s national drinking water standards.

Tap water in Xi'an is treated but best approached with caution for visitors. Many travelers prefer bottled or filtered w…

Tap water in Zhuhai is treated but best approached with caution for visitors. Many travelers prefer bottled or filtered …

Tap water in Zurich is safe to drink and regulated under Switzerland’s national drinking water standards.