Is Mangalore 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 Mangalore.

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The story of the last contaminated bottled water in India, Tap Water Mangalore, is a case study in how not to provide basic public health safety. In 2020, an anti-tap water campaign group in India called "Mangalore Clean Water" (MCD) was launched. The founder of the group was quoted as saying, "We have been fighting to clean up the groundwater for over twenty five years now. There has been no movement to get this done since 1994." This statement is obviously false, as more than two decades ago, the city of Bangalore made significant efforts to improve the quality and safety of its tap water.

The group claims that their studies show that at least one hundred and forty percent of the six million houses in Bangalore have impurities in the tap water, and that these impurities are responsible for diseases like cancer and diabetes. They also claim that their studies prove that over three thousand children die in the city each year because of contaminated water. Their rep