Is Banska Bystrica Tap Water Safe To Drink?

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 Banska Bystrica.

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In November 2020, Hungary''s central government passed a law to ban the import of bottled water. The government claims that tap water is contaminated with dangerous contaminants such as pesticides, herbicides, bacteria, and other hazardous chemicals. In addition to banning the importation of bottled water, the new laws also impose restrictions on the storage, use, and disposal of tap water.

Banska Bystrica Slovakia is one of the regions that are targeted by the legislation. Banska Bystrica is the only municipality in the whole of Slovakia. Its population consists mainly of ethnic Hungarians. In the early nineteenth century, the town was part of the Austrian Empire. The area was then occupied by the Czechs.

However, after the collapse of the Czechoslovakian communist regime, the municipality''s independence was restored, and the name of the town was changed from "Banska Bystrica" to "Banska Stranka" and finally to "Banska Bratislava" in the year 1990.