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Examples
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Simple agua purificada here will run 20-25 pesos/garrafon and you know that simply going to the planta in any other non-gringofied town will run you 7 or 8 pesos.
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If your garrafon has the screw on type of cap, better bring your own.
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The simplest solution here is to go to one of the supermarkets that have a “water station” where you can refill your own garrafon.
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We used to buy De Los Angles brand for 17 Pesos per garrafon.
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You can go to a store to buy another garrafon of water; even many of the little aborrotes sell them.
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Water is removed by a hand-operated siphon pump, or the garrafon is inverted in a ceramic dispenser equipped with a push-to-dispense valve spout.
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The standard water container sold (and exchanged at water purification plants) throughout Mexico is the 19-liter (5-gallon) plastic carboy called a garrafon.
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They have the snap on type caps there for the garrafon.
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They are lighter and easier to carry than a garrafon so we often have one in our RV.
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There is no way to clean or sanitize the garrafon, but since it has been in your possession, You may make the judgment of whether it is still clean enough for re-use without cleaning it.
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