Can you really drink the water in dubai? Is it true that tap water is sea water? Is it true that water in dubai is full of chemicals?
Whenever you arrive to Dubai to move or just on a trip, holiday or business, you probably ask yourself if you can drink water in dubai. Well, maybe you asked yourself this question or maybe not, however is good to analyse the issue.
Dubai is located in the Middle East, a really arid area of the globe. A region between Africa and Asia. Most of you know that in most of Africa you cannot drink tap water and you should always drink bottled water. The same can be said for some asian region, including India, Pakistan and other areas of south-east asia.
Therefore, it is quite common for people to have this doubt. Can you really drink water in dubai from the sink? At the end Dubai is really in the middle between all those countries where is better to not drink it.
The short answer is… YES you can. However, it is quite uncommon for people to do so.
The reason why not so many drink water in dubai from the sink is again in Dubai Geography.
Dubai is characterised by its extreme weather, really small rain and a massive heat all year long. So, most of its infrastructures have to fight this extreme weather. Dubai municipality does a great job in maintaining all the pipes and connections, however, it is a daily fight against nature.
Moreover, dubai is sandy, being located in the middle of the desert. Unfortunately the sand is really thin and has the bad habit of going everywhere it can. Pipes than can have sand infiltrations and can be rusty bey the sun. Water goes in them as might come to your sink together with sand and some rust.
You can drink it but the suggestion is to filter it again. To do so, you can use a water filter or a pitcher.
Another solution is to drink water from the bottles. We need, and we will write another article about bottled water so keep being updated by subscribing to our newsletter.
One of the reason why people drink eater in dubai by bottle is the fact that tap water is actually coming from the sea.
Yeah, you read it correctly!
Even if it is not salty, water comes from the sea to your sink on a daily base.
This process is called desalinisation and Dubai is a pioneer in the art of transforming water from the sea in drinkable water.
Dubai, being again in an arid region of the world has limited or zero access to clean water so has to transform the water from the sea to use it in the city.
The process consist in cleaning the water from the elements that might be in the ocean and from it salt.
This process is mandatory, the water is pure and drinkable, however someone says that in removing all the elements, minerals are removed as well. Therefore, drinking bottled water helps in absorbing your daily needs of minerals.
The choice is your, however I personally drink bottled water and I use the sink water for showering and to cook.