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Safety data comes from each country’s official drinking water reports, such as South Africa’s Blue Drop report, the US EPA, Ofwat, France’s Ministry of Health, Spain’s SINAC and Portugal’s ERSAR, plus WHO/UNICEF country figures. Always follow local boil-water notices. Privacy · Help

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Each country is coloured by the share of people with safe drinking water at home or, where that isn’t reported, by our town ratings. Tap one for details.

Country figures: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (2025), via Our World in Data. They are national averages, so cities usually do better than rural areas. Town-by-town ratings are available for South Africa, the United States, Canada (Ontario), Colombia, Argentina, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Portugal and Australia, with more countries to come.

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