Is it safe to drink the water in Puerto Vallarta?
Michael Keller - Guardian Insurance Mexico
I hear differing things on whether the water in Puerto Vallarta is safe to drink. I hear that it can be drank and that the water in some places in Mexico is a lot cleaner than other parts of the world, including some parts of the US. But then I also hear that you shouldn't drink it.I've drank the water here in Puerto Vallarta and I use it to brush my teeth. By using the water jugs that you get, like the Hinckley & Schmitt's blue water jugs that have a couple of...
I hear differing things on whether the water in Puerto Vallarta is safe to drink. I hear that it can be drank and that the water in some places in Mexico is a lot cleaner than other parts of the world, including some parts of the US. But then I also hear that you shouldn't drink it.I've drank the water here in Puerto Vallarta and I use it to brush my teeth. By using the water jugs that you get, like the Hinckley & Schmitt's blue water jugs that have a couple of gallons of water, you don't have to drink the water out of the tap. Sometimes I'll run out of that at night and then I'll want a cup of coffee the next morning right when I wake up, so I make the cup of coffee with the faucet water. You can cook with it.
As long as you're not consistently consuming large quantities of water out of tap in Puerto Vallarta, you'll be okay. But to have some here and there is completely fine. It's not really as bad as people make it out to be.
(Coffee bar in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, pictured.)
Posted February 8, 2016
Audrey Royem - Ai Real Estate Group
Instead of drinking water out of the taps, we get garrafones, which are just large jugs of potable water, delivered to your house. That’s what everybody drinks, that’s what restaurants serve, that’s what ice is made out of, etc. The garrafones are good to drink from. Nobody drinks from the tap and I don’t like it from the tap because there’s a good risk of getting sick. (Garrafones in a rental home in...
Instead of drinking water out of the taps, we get garrafones, which are just large jugs of potable water, delivered to your house. That’s what everybody drinks, that’s what restaurants serve, that’s what ice is made out of, etc. The garrafones are good to drink from. Nobody drinks from the tap and I don’t like it from the tap because there’s a good risk of getting sick. (Garrafones in a rental home in Sayulita, Nayarit, Mexico, pictured.)
Posted March 13, 2016
Carl Timothy - Timothy Real Estate Group
The Mexican people here in Puerto Vallarta drink the water and they have no problems, I supposed because they have built up that immune system from when they were babies. There’s no problem brushing your teeth with the water that comes right out of the tap. The water here goes through a city purifying system. Many of the condominium buildings here have an additional purifying system as the water comes in from the street to the condominium complexes.
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The Mexican people here in Puerto Vallarta drink the water and they have no problems, I supposed because they have built up that immune system from when they were babies. There’s no problem brushing your teeth with the water that comes right out of the tap. The water here goes through a city purifying system. Many of the condominium buildings here have an additional purifying system as the water comes in from the street to the condominium complexes.
Just like when I was in Los Angeles, I don’t usually go to the tap and get a full glass of water. Instead, I grab some bottled water, which is readily available everywhere for anybody here in Puerto Vallarta.
I’ve never gotten sick from lettuce or the ice cubes at a restaurant here. The restaurants are all going to serve bottled water that comes in great big bottles.
As an example, personally, when I buy a big head of lettuce and bring it home, I don’t wash it in the sink or take lots of extra precautions. I buy my lettuce at CostCo where it’s already clean and ready to go, so I don’t have to worry about that.
I’ve lived here for 17 years and I’ve never gotten sick from the water.
(Condo pool overlooking the Bay of Banderas near Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, pictured.)
Posted May 7, 2016
David Schwendeman - Mexlend
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The general rule is that when the water leaves the filtering and monitoring plant in Puerto Vallarta (which is called “SEAPAL”), it is considered some of the best water in all of Mexico. It’s been internationally recognized as such throughout the years. However, Puerto Vallarta is more than 100 years old with a lot of underground pipes and delivery systems, some of which date back to the 1940s or further. So most people have...
The general rule is that when the water leaves the filtering and monitoring plant in Puerto Vallarta (which is called “SEAPAL”), it is considered some of the best water in all of Mexico. It’s been internationally recognized as such throughout the years. However, Puerto Vallarta is more than 100 years old with a lot of underground pipes and delivery systems, some of which date back to the 1940s or further. So most people have filtering systems in their homes. Alternately, some old school residents also keep an ongoing supply of large jugs of purified water on hand in any number of decorative wrought iron or ceramic dispensing systems.
(SEAPAL water company logo, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, pictured.)
Posted June 4, 2016
Paul Mayer - Vallarta Food Tours
Yes, it is safe to drink the water in Puerto Vallarta. Puerto Vallarta is one of the best zones in all of Mexico, so it is rated pretty highly. Do I personally drink water from the tap? No, I drink filtered water, but that is mainly because where we live in Puerto Vallarta is kind of old so I am not sure of the condition of the pipes that transport our water. But the actual water, when it is tested, is fine.
Another reason we...
Yes, it is safe to drink the water in Puerto Vallarta. Puerto Vallarta is one of the best zones in all of Mexico, so it is rated pretty highly. Do I personally drink water from the tap? No, I drink filtered water, but that is mainly because where we live in Puerto Vallarta is kind of old so I am not sure of the condition of the pipes that transport our water. But the actual water, when it is tested, is fine.
Another reason we don’t drink from the tap because we have a family. You always want to make sure that the babies are drinking clean water.
For the most part, I have been here for six years and never heard of anybody getting “Montezuma’s Revenge” or anything like that here in Puerto Vallarta. There may be issues once in a while but it is nothing related with water.
There are other places in Mexico where they say you have to wash even your vegetables in filtered water but it’s not like that in Puerto Vallarta. We use water from the tap when we wash our dishes and vegetables or for brushing our teeth. The area of Sayulita, which is an hour and a half North of Puerto Vallarta, is having an issue with water treatment but besides that, I haven’t heard of any issues with water.
In restaurants, if I want a glass of water, I just ask for a glass of water. I won’t even ask for bottled water because I would think they have filtered water. I order water here before just like I did when I was in the States. If they offer water, I just take it. I wouldn’t feel nervous about it.
(Clients of Vallarta Food Tours find Tuba by Conception selling mixed fruit and nut drinks on the street, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, pictured.)
Posted July 11, 2016
Sheryl Novak - SOLutions Mexico Furniture Store
It is absolutely safe to drink the water here in Puerto Vallarta. However, I wouldn’t recommend it. The reason is if you’re coming for a holiday to Puerto Vallarta, that means you’re coming for a short period of time and you don’t want to risk getting sick in a lovely place and use up your time lying down and being ill. It’s not worth the risk. No matter where you go in this world, if you’re drinking the water anywhere,...
It is absolutely safe to drink the water here in Puerto Vallarta. However, I wouldn’t recommend it. The reason is if you’re coming for a holiday to Puerto Vallarta, that means you’re coming for a short period of time and you don’t want to risk getting sick in a lovely place and use up your time lying down and being ill. It’s not worth the risk. No matter where you go in this world, if you’re drinking the water anywhere, there will be different bacteria that your stomach and your system are not used to. That’s why it is always safe no matter where you go to stick to bottled water.
For many years, people thought that the water in Mexico was not safe, and everyone was afraid of getting Montezuma’s Revenge. The reality of it is that times have changed – that was about 10 - 30 years ago. Now, we are seeing much better infrastructure here and in Riviera Nayarit and in Vallarta Nayarit- they’ve replaced a lot of the old pipes, so there’s a whole new system here with a whole new infrastructure. It isn’t the same water that it was 30 - 40 years ago, but the majority of the people in Vallarta Nayarit now like to drink bottled water because they feel more comfortable with that. The price of a large, 1.5 liter bottled water is so cheap here in Vallarta Nayarit that having to buy bottled water is not an issue.
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At home, we do a combination- we drink bottled water and out of the tap. I brush my teeth with tap water. At the restaurants, I drink the tap water.
(Pictured: Coca cola truck in Puerto Vallarta.)
Posted January 31, 2017