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Can You Drink Tap Water in Gabrovo?
We don't have enough information to make a specific recommendation about the safety of drinking tap water in Gabrovo, Bulgaria.
However, based on information from nearby locations, the average water score in Bulgaria is a out of 100.
Tap Safe includes data from many publicly available sources, including the WHO (World Health Organization), CDC (Center for Disease Control), and user submitted databases, but unfortunately there's not enough data about Gabrovo.
To see user submitted ratings of the water quality for Bulgaria, see the "User Submitted Ratings" box on this page.
As I walk into the Tap Water Laboratory in Sofia, Bulgaria, I''m surprised to see only a few people there. A man is helping a lab technician get rid of a piece of equipment while I notice a couple of kids running around playing. The man in charge of water quality testing for the city seems to be more interested in the kids than he is in the equipment.
"We need the samples right away!" the lab technician says. His tone is so panicked that I have to step in and ask him, "What are you doing? This is not proper lab procedure!"
"No, he''s not trying to poison me," the lab technician tells me. "The lab needs to find out what the problem is so they can fix it. There''s a sewage treatment facility just outside the city." He points out the door. I tell him I don''t know about the sewage treatment facility but that we are going to have to leave until he gets all the samples back.
"Why? How do you know these kids are not harming themselves by playin
The estimated price of bottled water
$0.48 in USD (1.5-liter)
USER SUBMITTED RATINGS
- Drinking Water Pollution and Inaccessibility
- Water Pollution
- Drinking Water Quality and Accessibility
- Water Quality
The above data is comprised of subjective, user submitted opinions about the water quality and pollution in Gabrovo, measured on a scale from 0% (lowest) to 100% (highest).
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Reminder
Always take extra precautions, the water may be safe to drink when it leaves the sewage treatment plant but it may pick up pollutants during its way to your tap. We advise that you ask locals or hotel staff about the water quality. Also, note that different cities have different water mineral contents.