In a true dystopian fashion, having to buy loads of bottled water can genuinely ruin a budget trip. Thankfully, there are ways around it, like saving that money by drinking tap water. Can you drink tap water in Cyprus? Is it safe? We’ll go over exactly that today.
If you’re going to Cyprus and fancy trying the local tap water, then there’s no need to stop yourself. Tap water in Cyprus is, thankfully, generally safe and sometimes even decent. Many locals choose to drink tap water, some equip themselves with additional filters or filter bottles but that’s all optional stuff. The water on its own is drinkable and fine.
Though, to be thorough about this, a note of caution: if you’re going to Cyprus, no matter if it’s northern or southern, you need to keep in mind this: is your water surely all from the main water supply? This may sound silly, but some places have tanks which collect rainwater.
Water from such a tank is then used in households for all purposes other than drinking – it’s always connected to a separate pipe. Such water is not safe, period. If there’s a tank on the roof where water is heated from the water supply, we’d also call for caution.
Tap water in Northern Cyprus has been a little brackish up until recently, though the Turkish authorities decided to step in big time and provided its people with safe water. Of course, water in southern Cyprus is just as fine, though it’s quite well known for its hardness. If you’re staying over for longer, then water softeners for laundry and dishwashing may be a good idea. Though, for the record, this all heavily depends on the pipes in the building you’re staying in. As such, just because the water supply itself has good quality water, this does not mean that the water you’ll draw from the tap will always have the same parameters. You’ll, on average, find it to be fine, but you can always ask a person in the establishment whether you can safely avoid horrid bottled water prices in peace.
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