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Mexico City may be just months away from running of out water (www.cnn.com)

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[–] MisterNeon@lemmy.world 24 points 2 years ago (5 children)

Oh fuck, I'm going there in April.

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[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 18 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Fill your water bottle before you go!

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[–] 474D@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Maybe 2 to be safe

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[–] lemmegogo@lemmy.world -3 points 2 years ago

2000 if you're a capitalist.

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[–] blazeknave@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

You're not drinking the tap anyway. Supposedly even the ice in the drinks is from bottles. The locals drink bottled too. I've never gotten sick there. It's an amazing cosmopolitan city. You'll have a blast. The ruins are sick. The dispensaries have mushrooms if that's your thing. Tons of seafood. It was a moral quandary for me but I indulged in octopus last visit and it's out of this world in many restaurants. Incredible museums and art.

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[–] dangblingus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 years ago

How does one of the biggest cities on Earth have such poor quality drinking water? I'm not a water purification technician but, shouldn't they have reasonable means to implement water treatment?

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[–] MisterNeon@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago

Thanks for the advice, unfortunately I'm a vegetarian. I'm going for the ruins actually! I'm a giant Mesoamerican history dork, in fact I'm reading a book about deciphering Nahuatl hieroglyphs. I got my route planned out all ready for the Museo Nacional de Antropología and Teotihuacan. I know enough Spanish to hopefully keep me out of trouble.

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[–] Everythingispenguins@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

Maybe bring a ladder to get down to the city

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[+] FunkPhenomenon@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

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[–] ChillPenguin@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

I was there about 6 months ago. Just plastic water bottles everywhere. You'll be fine.

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[–] MisterNeon@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 child)

That's sad, that can't be good for the environment.

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[–] blazeknave@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago

Assuming you're American? One of the first times I deprogrammed myself from "we're the uncivilized colonies" was seeing the amount of water bottles consumed across Europe. The US is blessed with the water we've had. It's not the norm.

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