Editing Slovakia (section)

=== Water ===
[[File:Mountain lake (Unsplash).jpg|thumb|right|Mountain lake [[Štrbské pleso]]]]

The entire population of Slovakia has access to a safe-drinking water source.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://spectator.sme.sk/politics-and-society/c/water-over-gold-new-slovak-fairy-tale|title=Water over gold. New Slovak fairy-tale?|website=The Slovak Spectator}}</ref> The country has one of the best quality tap water in the world, it is the second country in Europe (after [[Austria]]) with the largest reserves of drinking water. Groundwater is the drinking water source of the highest quality protected by [[Constitution of Slovakia]]. Since 2014, it is banned the export of [[drinking water|drinking]] and [[mineral water]]s in pipelines and water tanks. The ban excludes bottled water and water for personal use. Both, groundwater (82.2 %) as well as surface water (17.8 %) are exploited as drinking water sources. [[Žitný ostrov]] is the biggest natural groundwater source in Slovakia and as well in Central Europe.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sdgs.un.org/partnerships/water-over-gold-protection-zitny-ostrov|title=Water over gold. Protection of Žitný ostrov|website=Sustainable Development Goals – the United Nations}}</ref>

About 1300 mineral sources are registered, providing curative water and high quality [[mineral water]] for drinking. There are 21 thermal [[spa town]]s built on these mineral springs. The most visited are [[Piešťany]], [[Trenčianske Teplice]], [[Bardejov]] and [[Dudince]].