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Can You Drink Tap Water in Khimki?
We don't have enough information to make a specific recommendation about the safety of drinking tap water in Khimki, Russia.
However, based on information from nearby locations, the average water score in Russia 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 Khimki.
To see user submitted ratings of the water quality for Russia, see the "User Submitted Ratings" box on this page.
When traveling to Russia one cannot fail to ask the locals about the tap water they use. It seems that everyone in Khimki has used tap water at some point. This begs the question, is it safe? The answer to that question depends on whom you ask. If you were to ask the health department in Moscow, they would likely advise you to stay away from the "odors" or the "smelly" water.
The phrase odors or smelly comes from the type of filtration system used by most rural homes in Russia. In rural areas around Khimki a simple filtration system will suffice. Since these systems do not remove all of the small trace amounts of impurities that our bodies naturally require the vast majority of us ingest every day, these systems are considered safe for consumption. But if you were to find yourself standing in a rural Russian town where public tap water did not come from a filtration plant, you may be in for a taste treat. So how is tap water safety in Russia determined?
The estimated price of bottled water
$0.57 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 Khimki, 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.