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How where buy potable H2O ?

Aldervale - 1-9-2016 at 12:19 PM

Howdy

How and where can one buy potable water in Baja Sur ?

Aldervale

woody with a view - 1-9-2016 at 12:28 PM

i wonder where the locals would buy water? seriously????

where do you buy water in the US?

bajaguy - 1-9-2016 at 12:32 PM

Everybody buys drinking water. Get it in grocery stores and water purification stores.....they are everywhere
Quote: Originally posted by Aldervale  
Howdy

How and where can one buy potable water in Baja Sur ?

Aldervale

23S52N - 1-9-2016 at 12:33 PM

Where in BCS are you looking? All oxxo stores carry Ciel in 20 litres, you can buy it off a truck delivered to your door, or Santorini is another choice. About 23mxp per. in la Paz.



Regards
Keith

DENNIS - 1-9-2016 at 12:40 PM

Quote: Originally posted by bajaguy  
Everybody buys drinking water. Get it in grocery stores and water purification stores.....they are everywhere



Not everybody. I know locals who have been drinking tap water all their lives. It all depends on what your system is accustomed to unless the water is seriously polluted

23S52N - 1-9-2016 at 01:13 PM

Yup, what Dennis said. I have a Mexican friend who said he had been drinking the water all his life....then the bottled water companies came and said tap water was unsafe. Now he drinks bottled. That figures.

Regards,
Keith

vandenberg - 1-9-2016 at 01:30 PM

I brush my teeth in the morning ( the ones I have left) and take my medication with water out of the tap here in Loreto and never had an issue.

Howard - 1-9-2016 at 01:36 PM

Bottled water and purified ice is available in every little and big store along and close to Highway #1.

To find purified water in Baja should be the least of any concerns you may have.

David K - 1-9-2016 at 01:39 PM

Drink beer... problem solved!

23S52N - 1-9-2016 at 02:09 PM

Hmmmmmm, I wonder if the beer is made with tap or.......
...

From the land of sky blue waters...(anyone finish that jingle?)

Regards,
Keith

Clarify the waters

Aldervale - 1-9-2016 at 03:11 PM

Okay

Let me clarify the waters and rephrase my inquiry.

On my last camping trip to Baja I saw some coin operated water machines somewhere.

Does anyone know how they work or where there might be one in Baja Sur?

We back country camp and need to fill our containers somewhere about halfway trough our one month trip.

Generally find beer too filling.

dispensing water

John M - 1-9-2016 at 03:32 PM

We've tried to stay away from those dispensing machines at the markets and other places - when do you suppose they were last cleaned?

Cleaned properly? I don't really know what "cleaned properly" means but it sounded good when I typed it.

Rather spend a little more and have better odds with the gallons.

John M

Cancamo - 1-9-2016 at 03:47 PM

Every few blocks in local neighborhoods, (Everywhere in BCS), Agua Purificada stores filter tap water, and dispense in a five gallon garafon, (8 to 12 pesos using your bottle). Thorough process, multiple filters, (iodine, charcoal), and ultra-violet light exposure, so pure your plants would likely not survive long due to lack of minerals. If you need the bottle, buy for 100 p.
Almost more common than depositos now.

Gracias Agua Purificada

Aldervale - 1-9-2016 at 04:03 PM

Thanks

Hook - 1-9-2016 at 04:29 PM

You can buy a plastic, 5 gallon garrafon almost anywhere and get it filled at any agua purificada place.

Also sold at ferreterias and stores are manual plastic pumps that fit onto the garrafon (make sure it fits your garrafon, the neck size varies). These pumps are fast and easy to fill other containers, like canteens or 1 gallon containers.

I find it easier to carry water in the 5 gallon (actually 19 liters, I guess) garrafon and fill other containers. Maybe buy a couple 1 gallon containers, plus the garrafon and use the gallon containers for everyday use. Then, fill them as needed from the garrafon.

DENNIS - 1-9-2016 at 04:48 PM

Quote: Originally posted by David K  
Drink beer... problem solved!




Indeed and of course.

DENNIS - 1-9-2016 at 04:51 PM

Quote: Originally posted by 23S52N  
Hmmmmmm, I wonder if the beer is made with tap or.......
...




Ohhh...it doesn't really matter. Not to me anyway.
SALUD

El Jefe - 1-9-2016 at 05:18 PM

Quote: Originally posted by 23S52N  
Hmmmmmm, I wonder if the beer is made with tap or.......
...

From the land of sky blue waters...(anyone finish that jingle?)

Regards,
Keith


........comes the water best for brewing, Hamms the beer refreshing, HAAAAAMMMMS

Why in the world can I remember old jingles so well and forget so many useful things?

David K - 1-9-2016 at 06:08 PM

That's because it comes "from the land of sky blue water..."
;)
Are we dating ourselves Tom?

23S52N - 1-10-2016 at 09:21 AM

Quote: Originally posted by El Jefe  
Quote: Originally posted by 23S52N  
Hmmmmmm, I wonder if the beer is made with tap or.......
...

From the land of sky blue waters...(anyone finish that jingle?)

Regards,
Keith


........comes the water best for brewing, Hamms the beer refreshing, HAAAAAMMMMS

Why in the world can I remember old jingles so well and forget so many useful things?


Lol, give that man a cupie doll!! Cut my teeth on Hamm's....whatever happened to it? (apologies to the OP for a hijack)

regards,
Keith

mtgoat666 - 1-10-2016 at 10:00 AM

Quote: Originally posted by Aldervale  
Okay

Let me clarify the waters and rephrase my inquiry.

On my last camping trip to Baja I saw some coin operated water machines somewhere.

Does anyone know how they work or where there might be one in Baja Sur?

We back country camp and need to fill our containers somewhere about halfway trough our one month trip.

Generally find beer too filling.


Almost every town has an aqua purificada store on the main drag. Bring your own containers, or get one from them.

Why would you use a vending machine when the staffed Aqua purificada stores are most everywhere?

Alm - 1-10-2016 at 11:20 AM

Quote: Originally posted by Aldervale  


On my last camping trip to Baja I saw some coin operated water machines somewhere.

Does anyone know how they work or where there might be one in Baja Sur?

We back country camp and need to fill our containers somewhere about halfway trough our one month trip.

I'm seriously worried about people going backcountry when they are making such inquiries.

If this is a car camping, why wouldn't you buy a couple of 5 gallon garaphones with purified water? You can buy them empty or full in most grocery stores, you can bring them from the States and re-fill when you need. There is MUCH higher likelihood to come across a store with garaphones than that coin-operated gizmo, and probably lower cost too.

If this is a bus/hike trip, you should familiarize yourself with 10 liter MSR Dromedary Bag. They come handy in car/boat trips as well. More compact than garaphones and very sturdy.

Agua Purificada is a generic name for purified water, a translation. You can see it written on grocery stores or specialized shacks that sell only Purificada. In grocery stores you can also find Ciel and couple other brands of bottled purified water, as well as 1.5 liter mineral water (Agua Mineralizada) - it quenches thirst better than Purificada. If you don't see any, just ask. A little Spanish goes a long way.

Seriously worried ....SERIOUSLY ?

Aldervale - 1-10-2016 at 05:58 PM

Hi

I live in north coastal Oregon.

Generally I don't buy water around here, I get it from my 60 year old water right down a pipeline.

Many folks were very helpful letting me know how to buy water in Baja Sur.

Please don't worry.

Aldervale

willardguy - 1-10-2016 at 06:16 PM

Quote: Originally posted by Aldervale  
Hi

I live in north coastal Oregon.

Generally I don't buy water around here, I get it from my 60 year old water right down a pipeline.

Many folks were very helpful letting me know how to buy water in Baja Sur.

Please don't worry.

Aldervale


:lol: seriously, get used to it! this is bajablowhards

mtgoat666 - 1-10-2016 at 07:27 PM

Quote: Originally posted by Alm  
Quote: Originally posted by Aldervale  


On my last camping trip to Baja I saw some coin operated water machines somewhere.

Does anyone know how they work or where there might be one in Baja Sur?

We back country camp and need to fill our containers somewhere about halfway trough our one month trip.

I'm seriously worried about people going backcountry when they are making such inquiries.


Me thinks you worry too much.

woody with a view - 1-10-2016 at 07:39 PM

seriously, where did you THINK you might buy water?

Alm - 1-11-2016 at 10:55 AM

Quote: Originally posted by woody with a view  
seriously, where did you THINK you might buy water?

Looks like they did not.

mtgoat666 - 1-11-2016 at 11:45 AM

Quote: Originally posted by Alm  
Quote: Originally posted by woody with a view  
seriously, where did you THINK you might buy water?

Looks like they did not.


It appears that their thinking about it led to their decision to ask about it, eh?