{"id":66448,"date":"2020-09-18T15:44:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-18T07:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/?p=66448"},"modified":"2023-06-20T15:29:26","modified_gmt":"2023-06-20T07:29:26","slug":"drinking-water-in-the-philippines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/2020\/09\/18\/drinking-water-in-the-philippines\/","title":{"rendered":"Drinking Water in the Philippines"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thirsty and need some good ol’ drinking water? Don’t worry, I’ve got you covered with this casual guide on where to quench your thirst! Here are a few handy options to get your aqua fix:<\/p>\n

Bottled water<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Getting drinking water supply is not difficult and keeping stocks of it at home is very common in the Philippines. Since\u00a0drinking tap water is not recommended<\/a>, bottled water is usually purchased at supermarkets and convenience stores. A lot of brands sell in different sizes.<\/span><\/p>\n

Here are the popular brands in the Philippines:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
\"wilkins\"Wilkins<\/strong>\u00a0(soft water)
\n16 pesos \/ 500ml
\nNo.1 in the reviews!<\/td>\n		\"viva\"VIVA!<\/strong>\u00a0(hard water)
\n11 pesos \/ 500ml
\nAffordable mineral water<\/td>\n		\"smSM BONUS<\/strong>\u00a0(soft water)
\n8 pesos \/ 500ml
\nFor cost-sensitive<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"absolute\"Absolute<\/strong>\u00a0(soft water)
\n11.95 pesos \/ 500ml
\nDistilled water at a reasonable price<\/td>\n		\"summit\"SUMMIT<\/strong>\u00a0(soft water)
\n13 pesos \/ 500ml
\nSimilar to the taste of Japan in water<\/td>\n		\"evian\"evian<\/strong>\u00a0(hard water)
\n51 pesos \/ 500ml
\nOffers natural mineral water<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

You can refer below for the prices by its size:<\/span><\/p>\n

Wilkins<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00b7 330ml \/ 11 pesos<\/span>
\n\u00b7 500ml \/ 16 pesos<\/span>
\n\u00b7 1L \/ 25 pesos<\/span>
\n\u00b7 6L \/ 81 pesos<\/span>
\n\u00b7 5GL (about 19L) \/ 153 pesos<\/span><\/p>\n

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Water dispenser<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Water dispensers are commonly used at home and office. These are usually sold in shopping centers such as ACE Hardware or Handyman. Getting hot or cold water is easier through a water dispenser.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
\"dispenser<\/span><\/td>\n\"dispenser<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Water delivery service<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Water delivery service is also a popular choice to get drinking water. It doesn\u2019t only offer convenience, but also affordability. Instead of buying another gallon of water for your dispenser, you can just call your water supplier and have a refilled container delivered\u00a0at\u00a0your doorstep.<\/span><\/p>\n

Here\u2019s what you can find\u00a0inside\u00a0the water refill and delivery stations (courtesy of Therapure)<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
\"therapure<\/span>Large tank of water used for filtering<\/span><\/td>\n\"therapure<\/span>The containers are washed firmly using detergent<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"therapure<\/span>Waiting for the containers to fill up<\/span><\/td>\n\"thereapure<\/span>Making sure that the containers are secured and sealed tightly<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

THERA PURE<\/span><\/strong>
\nUnit G8 Asian Mansion II Condominium, Nieva cor. Dela Rosa St.,<\/span>
\nLegaspi Village, Makati<\/span>
\nTEL 028873743<\/span>
\n\u00a0<\/span>
\nRate: First container 300 pesos\/5 gallon of water bottle; refill is 50 pesos only<\/span><\/p>\n

AQUABEST<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>
\nA. Bonifacio St. corner Apolinario St, Barangay Bangkal, Mikati<\/span>
\nTEL: 028848805<\/span><\/p>\n

Wilkins<\/span><\/strong>
\nTEL: 028953485 (Makati)<\/span>
\n027847300 (other than Makati)<\/span><\/p>\n

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Thirsty and need some good ol’ drinking water? Don’t worry, I’ve got you covered with this casual guide on where to quench your thirst! Here are a few handy options to get your aqua fix: Bottled water Getting drinking water supply is not difficult and keeping stocks of it at home is very common in the Philippines. Since\u00a0drinking tap water is not recommended, bottled water is usually purchased at supermarkets and convenience stores. A lot of brands sell in different sizes. Here are the popular brands in the Philippines: Wilkins\u00a0(soft water) 16 pesos \/ 500ml No.1 in the reviews! VIVA!\u00a0(hard water) 11 pesos \/ 500ml Affordable mineral water SM BONUS\u00a0(soft […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":66449,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15752],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-66448","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2022\/09\/1-3.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66448","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66448"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66448\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":69378,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66448\/revisions\/69378"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66449"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66448"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66448"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}