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Is Brasilia Tap Water Safe To Drink?

Yes! Generally Safe to Drink*

LAST UPDATED: 11:14 am, May 26, 2021
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Can You Drink Tap Water in Brasilia?

Yes, tap water is drinkable.

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 Brasilia.

To see user submitted ratings of the water quality for Brazil, see the "User Submitted Ratings" box on this page.

The tap water in Brasilia, Brazil, is safe for drinking. Treating the raw water with chlorine to disinfect or to remove bacteria. As a basic rule for travelers, you maybe not used to local water. You can always get bottled water for your convenience.

Brasilia

Brasilia is located in the watershed area between three major catchment areas of Brazil:

  • Tocantins-Araguaia
  • São Francisco
  • Paraná

A growing population can cause an insufficient supply of water. Authorities are looking for alternative water resources to overcome the difficulty in the water supply. They are looking ahead to sustaining and improving water quality. Officials were focusing on advanced treatment technologies to disinfect raw water. The drinking water treatment and distribution in the federal district should be considered an integrative approach.

Water shortage caused by global warming and demand grows along with populations. The United Nations report launched at the World Water Forum in the South American nation’s capital, Brasilia. The water supply has decreased due to low rainfall as well as rapid and chaotic growth in Brasilia.

In January 2016, district officials executed water rationing. The authorities of the Federal District and Goias State also invested a consolidated $166 million to improve water infrastructure. After the completion, the system provided the Federal District’s 3 million people with 2,800 liters of water per second.

Source of Water in Brasilia, Brazil

The source of tap water in Brasilia is from surface water. It is basing to a large extent (80%) on the use of surface water from reservoirs. The quality of water from reservoirs endangered by wastewater from households, hospitals, and agricultural dispersed.

The Rio Descoberto Dam is a reservoir of water supply to Brasilia City. The completion of the dam, mass pavement gravity type in 1974. They observe water leaking at the downstream face for a few years. Dripping happens after the end of the development and filling of the reservoir. A couple of restorative works utilized in different periods, as grouting and drainage systems. All tries with no remarkable success. After these remedial works, CAESB has taken a new approach looking for the origin of the problems, to adopt a definitive solution. After several analyses, the problem origin diagnosis was the presence of pyrite in the concrete aggregate combined with the acidic water action.

Is Brasilia Tap Water Safe To Drink? Tap water & safety quality

The estimated price of bottled water

$0.73 in USD (1.5-liter)

USER SUBMITTED RATINGS

Brasilia tap water
  • Drinking Water Pollution and Inaccessibility 25% Low
  • Water Pollution 41% Moderate
  • Drinking Water Quality and Accessibility 75% High
  • Water Quality 59% Moderate

The above data is comprised of subjective, user submitted opinions about the water quality and pollution in Brasilia, 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.

Sources and Resources

Current Weather Brasilia

BRASÍLIA WEATHER

Some of the Convenience Stores in Brasilia

Shell Select
Shell Select
  • Brasil 21 Express
  • A e B Comércio de Conveniências
  • Brasil 500
  • Shell Select
  • BsB Quadra Le Quartier
  • Hudson News
  • Mercadinho Lobão
  • Sm Conveniências
  • LP Conveniência
  • BR Mania
  • Stop & Shop
  • Empório Express
  • Shantecler
  • Mais Barato
  • Posto Petrobras

Estimated Price of Bottled Water

VolumeBRLUSDEURGBP
1.5-literR$2.91$0.70€0.63£0.54
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