We are looking at whether Almeria/Murcia is a good area for us to move to and I wondered about the water situation. How often are there water supply outages? Do people store water for when it happens? I swim in the sea every day in the UK, so as long as I can flannel the salt off I guess I’ll be ok 😂 it certainly won’t be too cold for me. For drinking water, do you only drink bottled, or are there common solutions for water quality issues? Thanks in advance!
Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2022 9:59am
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Hi,
I only have experience in Lubrín, but other posters can tell you about the place they live to give you a bigger picture.
Lubrín is an inland village about half an hour from the coast. There are never water outages in the village but houses in the ramblas and campo around Lubrín do have times without water - I don't know why.
The water is supposedly drinkable but everyone buys drinking water. A water tanker goes around the village every Wednesday afternoon and people fill bottles from it. It costs pennies for a huge bottle. The shops also sell drinking water.
I hope this helps.
Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2022 1:19pm
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We don't often get water cut offs (or outages) here in Vera Playa. The water is portable (drinkable) but as i dont like the taste i either buy from a tanker that comes around to our area on a tuesday. I pay 35cents for a 6 litre bottle. I then decant it into half litre bottles for us to drink during the day. I also buy half litre bottles of water from the supermarket when i think my 'used' small bottles need replacing. Here we are with Codeur but several others in the neighbouring towns are with Galasa. I stress though that tap water is perfectly drinkable.
Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2022 3:04pm
Yvonne Mrs J wrote on Wed Jan 12, 2022 9:59am:
Hi,
I only have experience in Lubrín, but other posters can tell you about the place they live to give you a bigger picture.
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Lubrín is an inland village about half an hour from the coast. There are never water outages in the village but houses in the ramblas and campo around Lubrín do have times without water - I don't know why.
The water is supposedly drinkable but everyone buys drinking water. A water tanker goes around the village every Wednesday afternoon and people fill bottles from it. It costs pennies for a huge bottle. The shops also sell drinking water.
I hope this helps.
That’s great to know thanks! Also good to be able to refill bottles. All that plastic is no good!
Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2022 3:07pm
Lyn77 wrote on Wed Jan 12, 2022 1:19pm:
We don't often get water cut offs (or outages) here in Vera Playa. The water is portable (drinkable) but as i dont like the taste i either buy from a tanker that comes around to our area on a tuesday. I pay 35cents for a 6 litre bottle. I then decant it into half litre bottles f...
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...or us to drink during the day. I also buy half litre bottles of water from the supermarket when i think my 'used' small bottles need replacing. Here we are with Codeur but several others in the neighbouring towns are with Galasa. I stress though that tap water is perfectly drinkable.
That is so reassuring! I guess you could filter the tap water to make it more palatable too?
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Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2022 4:52pm
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Yes alot of people choose water filters.
WE live on Oria On the campo, and the only time we get a water shortage is when someones pipe needs repairing we have never been without water more than 8 hrs. We are on mains water and drink the water from the tap.
Hello,
Most people I have spoken to on the coastal areas drink the tap water even in radioactive Palomares! Just kidding.
People choose bottled water out of choice but plastic contained water has its own issues.
In my case, although I live in a community of apartments my water pipe is approximately 50m from the meter and no one used it for several years. so, for 6 months I used bottled for drinking and cooking rice/pasta. It does have a slight flavour but this is from soil and rock not anything untoward and can be true in the UK too? My Galesa water is also soft, so no issues with washing clothes or kettles and making tea?
And no, I don't glow in the dark. :)
Posted: Sun Jan 16, 2022 5:37pm
Shay123 wrote on Sun Jan 16, 2022 4:06pm:
Hello,
Most people I have spoken to on the coastal areas drink the tap water even in radioactive Palomares! Just kidding.
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People choose bottled water out of choice but plastic contained water has its own issues.
In my case, although I live in a community of apartments my water pipe is approximately 50m from the meter and no one used it for several years. so, for 6 months I used bottled for drinking and cooking rice/pasta. It does have a slight flavour but this is from soil and rock not anything untoward and can be true in the UK too? My Galesa water is also soft, so no issues with washing clothes or kettles and making tea?
And no, I don't glow in the dark. :)
Thanks for this comprehensive answer! Good to know that you don’t glow in the dark 😂. It sounds like most people find the water fine. I’m happy to filter it as long as it is deemed potable. Reassuring!
Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2022 10:53am
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NaomiD wrote on Tue Jan 11, 2022 1:01pm:
We are looking at whether Almeria/Murcia is a good area for us to move to and I wondered about the water situation. How often are there water supply outages? Do people store water for when it happens? I swim in the sea every day in the UK, so as long as I can flannel the salt off I guess I’ll b...
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...e ok 😂 it certainly won’t be too cold for me. For drinking water, do you only drink bottled, or are there common solutions for water quality issues? Thanks in advance!
Get a water filter fitted....less than 100 euros and saves on carrying bottles or using plastic!
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