El Charco
Tap water in El Charco is medium risk. Not officially fit to drink: boil or filter to be safe.
Is it safe?
El Charco
Medium risk
Not officially fit to drink: boil or filter to be safe
Town-water IRCA 9.9 in 2024. On this index 0 is no risk and 100 is unfit. Lower is better.
Rural water IRCA in 2024: 18.6.
In 2023 the town-water IRCA was 37.1.
Source
Instituto Nacional de Salud, SIVICAP water quality surveillance (IRCA) 2023–2024.
Period covered: 2023 to 2024.
Each municipality is rated on its IRCA score for town water. IRCA runs from 0 (no risk) to 100. Up to 5 is treated here as low risk. From 5.1 to 14 is not officially fit to drink untreated. From 14.1 to 35 is high risk on this site, and above 35 is critical. Rural water is often worse and is shown separately when it was reported. Some departments are absent because town-by-town results were not available.
Common questions
Can I drink the tap water in El Charco, Nariño?
Tap water in El Charco is medium risk. Not officially fit to drink: boil or filter to be safe.
Where do these ratings come from?
Instituto Nacional de Salud, SIVICAP water quality surveillance (IRCA) 2023–2024. Period covered: 2023 to 2024.