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Can you drink tap water in Nauru?
NoNo, drink bottled
Can you drink the tap water in Nauru?
Don't drink the tap water. Drink bottled or treated water; most water is desalinated or rain-fed and short in droughts.
Key facts
- Safely managed drinking water: 19% of people (2024, WHO/UNICEF JMP).
Sources
- World Bank: safely managed drinking water
- US State Department travel advisory
- Government of Nauru
- UK FCDO travel advice: Nauru
- World Bank open data
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