The Thai Government says that tap water in Bangkok is safe to drink, and as far as I know, I have never had any trouble with it. But I have always tended to stick to bottled water for my drinking and my cooking. But buying plastic jug after plastic jug of water that will end up in a landfill somewhere is not very environmentally responsible thing to do.
So for a long time, we have been filling up empty jugs with water at water stations like this one. They are all over Bangkok, and for only 1 baht per liter (10 cents per gallon), you can have supposedly clean, filtered water.
But it was a hassle to remember to take the empty jugs to the gas station, fill them up, then lug them back to the house. And who knows how safe the water really is?
So now we are getting Sprinkle water from a company called M Water. They started us off with three 5-gallon containers of water and 24 coupons redeemable for full containers. Every week, we put the empties outside our door with the appropriate number of coupons, and they stop by to collect and replace them with full ones.
The price is a little bit more than the water stations, but the free delivery and quality assurances make it a great deal in my opinion.
Sprinkle Water
Delivered by M Water Co.
136/2 Moo 9 Vibhavadee-Rangsit Road
Sikun, Don Muang, Bangkok
Sales Tel: 02-712-7272
Which is interesting because we went through the reverse process. We had Sprinkle water delivered at Asoke Place but don't have the storage room for three large bottles of water in our current place. So we actually bought an in-line water filtration system from home pro. Has worked nicely. No illnesses thus far.
quality assurance? Where are they filling up the big bottles??
I switched to filters a few years ago, never looked back and never bought water again...
Stu - Rush just came on the itunes shuffle and it made me think "I haven't checked in on Stu lately". I cannot believe how diligently you maintain this thing. I hope all is well with you. Am taking the twins to first Daddy-Daughter dance tonight which should be interesting. Lucy's first question was if she was getting a goody bag (it turns out she is).
Take care.
Chris