(AP) "Drink the water."
It's a suggestion alien to Mexico City residents who have long shunned tap water in favor of the bottled kind and to the throngs of tourists who visit the city each year, bringing with them fears of "Montezuma's Revenge." But a law recently approved by Mexico City's legislators will require all restaurants to install filters so they can offer patrons free, drinkable water that won't lead to stomach problems and other ailments.
"We need to create a culture of water consumption," said Dr. Jose Armando Ahued, health secretary for Mexico City. "We need to accept our water."
Bad tap water accounts in part for Mexico being the world's top consumer of bottled water and - worse - soda, some 43 gallons per person a year.
With an obesity epidemic nationwide, the city's health department decided to back the water initiative.
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