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Can You Drink Tap Water in Macon?
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 Macon.
To see user submitted ratings of the water quality for France, see the "User Submitted Ratings" box on this page.
The French are known to be very concerned with the quality of their tap water. You may not be as worried about this, but the average person should be. If your water is so polluted that it is causing health problems for you and your family, you may want to consider having your water tested. In some cases, a simple water test will be all that is needed to determine if your drinking water is safe.
It is important to note that many places in the world have the best tap water, but there is no way to be sure. In fact, many cities in the United States can’t even provide you with this information because their testing methods do not meet the minimum standards set by the Environmental Protection Agency.
There are a number of places in the world that make use of tap water to provide their people with their water needs. Macon France is one of these places. They have found the water they use for their city to be just about as clean as you can get.
The estimated price of bottled water
$1.59 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 Macon, measured on a scale from 0% (lowest) to 100% (highest).
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Contaminants
Macon Water Authority
EWG's drinking water quality report shows results of tests conducted by the water utility and provided to the Environmental Working Group by the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, as well as information from the U.S. EPA Enforcement and Compliance History database (ECHO). For the latest quarter assessed by the U.S. EPA (January 2019 - March 2019), tap water provided by this water utility was in compliance with federal health-based drinking water standards.
Utility details
- Serves: 130024
- Data available: 2012-2017
- Data Source: Surface water
- Total: 16
Contaminants That Exceed Guidelines
- Bromodichloromethane
- Bromoform
- Chloroform
- Chromium (hexavalent)
- Dibromochloromethane
- Dichloroacetic acid
- Nitrate and nitrite
- Total trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
- Trichloroacetic acid
Other Detected Contaminants
- Chlorate
- Chlorite
- Dibromoacetic acid
- Fluoride
- Haloacetic acids (HAA5)
- Strontium
- Vanadium
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.