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queenangelfish
  9/21/2016 10:55 EST

Hello! I've heard that expats drink the tap water in Belize with no ill effects... is this true?

What about in Corozal? Also, do water trucks deliver purified water in 5 gal jugs to homes, etc?

What about ice in restaurants in Corozal? Do they use purified water?

Thaaanks!

bobbyveee
  9/21/2016 11:09 EST

We only ever drank from delivered 5 gln jugs of purified water. we lived on AC, but think its the same over Belize.
We never had any problems with ice ,
Many people dont have mains water its collected rainwater , often used in conjunction with various filters, but we found it safer and better tasting to use only bought water. Also used this source for cooking anything, just used mains or rainwater for bathrooms.

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mgammo
  9/21/2016 14:50 EST

Personally, I never drink the tap water in Corozal. My Belizean friends don't drink it. I won't even wash my hair in it, I use rain water. Yes, a little pick up does come around a few times a week to deliver a 5 gallon container of water. You can go to any Chinee grocery store and pay 25.00 Blz i think to purchase a 5 gallon water container with a little spigot. I would just get water from the store. Some of the ice is ok... The ice at Tony's is ok, the ice at The Almond Tree is ok, I don't know about the rest. I would be VERY judicious about ingestng that tap water..

mgammo
  9/21/2016 14:54 EST

I color my hair, and the chlorine in the tap water makes it feel like cotton candy....

shawk1976
  9/22/2016 15:09 EST

hi,just returned from belize. most time in corozal.,hopkins and san ignacio a few days each. i didn't actually drink from the tap but made coffee every day and made ice from the tap with no ill effects. the rum may have helped. bottled water is available everywhere

bobbyveee
  9/22/2016 17:59 EST

Hi Hawk, Boiling or freezing kills germs but may not remove bad taste in certain areas, but as you say, Bowen and Bowen deliver clean water aboiut everywhere, they brew the local beer and make colas as well. Stay safe

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terrific
  9/23/2016 16:17 EST

Bowen and Bowen have the most sophisticated purification system for the water they use in the brewery and coke plant. It was put in many years ago by specialist german engineers it has to be to german standards, and inspectors come out each year to check it's all up to that standard still.

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