What do you think the most frequently asked questions about living in Mexico City are? I have been running food and history tours in the capital for about eight years now. Giving tours evolved organically from my writing about food and travel in the city and what used to be a one-off occasion has now become a business. We all think of ourselves as special butterflies, but in my years as a tour guide I’ve learned that human beings, or at least the ones who hire me — mostly U.
S. citizens — are more alike than we think. So I tend to get the same questions over and over and over again and if you are headed to Mexico City and wondering the same things, here are a few answers for you in advance.
This is by far the most constant question I hear on my tours: I would say 95% of people ask me about water in Mexico. Various questions are always folded into this one, but the most interesting to me is “Do you drink the tap water now that you’ve lived here for so long?” People from the United States seem to be terrified of the idea of not being able to drink tap water, and the fact that I could still be unable to do so after 16 years in the country makes them very upset. Here are a few things to keep in mind about the water.
First, according to the official statistics, 90% of Mexico City’s tap water is drinkable. See this map created using Mexico City Water System (Sacmex) statistics : all the areas in blue reportedly have potable tap water. I just had my water tested at my a.