Tap water in Maspalomas is 100% drinkable, completely safe, and by far the most eco-friendly choice you can make. Despite the widespread myth that you must buy bottled water, the tap water here strictly complies with rigorous European Union health and safety standards.
It is true that because the water comes from desalination plants, it can have a slightly unfamiliar, highly mineralized taste—but your palate adapts to it within just a couple of days.
🌍 The Power of Choosing Tap Over Plastic
- Ditch single-use plastic: Tourist hubs like Gran Canaria face an immense burden from plastic waste. By drinking from the tap, you actively prevent dozens of bulky plastic jugs and bottles from ending up in landfills or polluting our oceans.
- Guaranteed safety: The municipal water company (Canaragua) tests the water constantly. It is clean, heavily monitored, and will not make you sick.
- Save money and energy: You save your wallet from constant expenses and your back from hauling heavy 5-liter water jugs back from the supermarket under the hot Canary sun.
Simple Tips to Improve the Taste Sustainably:
- Chill it down: Keeping a glass pitcher of tap water in the fridge makes a massive difference. When water is ice-cold, the mineral and chlorine taste practically disappears.
- Infuse it: Adding a slice of lemon, lime, or a few mint leaves completely masks any slight aftertaste from the desalination process.
- Use a reusable flask: Fill up a reusable stainless steel insulated bottle before heading out to the beach or the Maspalomas Dunes. It will stay ice-cold all day without creating plastic waste.