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Does anyone know if the water out of the wells are safe to drink/cook with in morocco?
Is there a good place to camp for first night after landing in Tangier (we will be heading towards the high Atlas) .
Is there any kind of breakdown service in Morocco?

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Personally, I wouldn't chance it. Bottled water is available everywhere and tap water OK once you're used to it.
However, if you've a good filtration set you can sup from a muddy puddle...

For your first night you could make Chefchaouen or Fes. The campsites at Martil or Cap Spartel are a little tired.

ADAC offer breakdown recovery in Morocco but may now only be offering this for German registered vehicles.

Are you riding or driving?

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Wells that are used by hotels have filtration systems installed and are OK. I wouldn't drink from others, but I'm fine drinking 'town water' out of taps.
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Thanks to everyone for the advise. We are off to morocco on Saturday for a month. We are really excited as it's our first adventure !
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Hiya

From what I saw water from taps may come from a water tank on stilts open to the air (birds, leaves etc too), usually pumped up from a borehole at some point during the day.

But plenty of water is from a chlorinated mains supply too.

We drank all water via a really good filter, but ended up on bottled because of the high salt content (so we have since been told) which gave a mild upset stomach. A filter to remove bacteria won't touch the minerals.

The locals seemed to all drink bottled in Mhamid too for instance.
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We aware the composition of bottled water varies widely, some has high sodium content, some (like Sidi Harazem) is extremely mineral—said to dissolve kidney stones—but the worse for me is Ciel by Coca Cola which is merely heavily chlorinated tap water. My favourite is probably Ain Ifrane.

When you ask for a glass of water (cas diel l'ma) often you get a small bottle of tap water that's been sitting in the fridge and is just lovely.
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Having a trusted water purification system is, imho, the best way.
Look up the Lifesaver's system (membrane technology).
I have used one for a long time and have never had 'Montezuma's revenge' tummy despite putting in some pretty dodgy water at times. In Morocco I always used wells without any worries.

Tip: the Ortleib square bucket and a long length of cord make life much easier.

For vehicle use: Lifesaver's jerrycanhttp://www.lifesaversystems.com/reso...technical-info. Provided there is some water around, it saves having to carry a whole load thereby reducing weight. 20,000 litres of pure water per filter.

If you are on 2 wheels, they make bottle version.
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The thought of drawing water from a well in the sub-Sahara because you really need it is a wonderful thing.

At the very worst, Iodine tablets will kill of anything in the water, but they do taint the water with taste, take, half an hour ot work and are bad for you if you use them for a prolonged period of time.

Good though if space is precious and the use is infrequent.

I will be using them on my trip next year.
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