CNA | Talking Point | E13: Should you switch from bottled to tap water? 

The look on steven chia’s face 😅 while the lady explains her filtration system

Another excellent topic to cover. Keep it up, CNA.

Water cooler in a hawker center will mean less business for the drink stall

Anyone drinking water while watching?

I bring my water bottle wherever I go. I refill the water from the tap! It saves me lots of money, and reduces my plastic use.

I live close to the city of Evian. And when I see that you can find bottles of Evian water as far as Singapour, I'm shocked. What is wrong with this world that we have to send some H2O to the other side of the planet ? When we're supposed to reduce CO2 emissions, plastic waste and air pollution ? Please if the tap water where you live is drinkable then drink it ! Marketing for bottled water is really aggresive but don't fall for it

Very practical research based topic... Good job Steven 👏

These ppl who buy water from France and such, are wasting so much carbon footprint as they pay for the water to be air flown to Singapore, then delivered to the supermarket.

Good job man doing this research!

Funny how the water coolers still need frequent filter changes, or even filters at all!

Honestly a water cooler could affect the revenue of drink stalls. Because when going to food court, for me, I only buy a drink just to quench my thirst. And since a sweet drink is only abit more expensive than bottled water, only then I'll buy the drink

Thank you for doing this. Very beneficial documentary.

This is the second presentation on water that you have presented, I have watched in a row, I love the way you SHOW that people are influenced by the BIG BRAND COMPANIES and the visual sight of the waste in our water around us. When I think of the things that are put down the drain in my country WOW it scares me. But the reality is that we have great water filtration systems in my city. IT IS NOT FREE we pay for water coming into the home and water going out of our homes. BUT HAVE YOUS ASKED the people that work at these plants DO they drink tap water? I am also VERY CONCERNED about plastic bottles and how they are recycled . WE know some are returned for deposit BUT most are recycled, some TO MANY are thrown into the community LANDFILLS. People are under the spell of BIG COMPANIES like Coca Cola and Pepsi Cola how also can tribute to drinks like water, juice and sugar drinks. SOTHE ARE A BIG PROBLEM. Thank you for your insightful look at this topic

this channel is great at what its doing

I am already doing it although the free HPB bottle given to me leaves an plastic after taste if I let the water stands over night. For filter I use a simple Osim tap filter.

Awesome reporter!

The other problem in Singapore, a real bugbear, many F&B are refusing to offer water (including tap water) free. Insisting that we purchase their bottled water. Perhaps the relevant authorities should review and consider making it mandatory for tap water to be offered free.

Well done Steven 🙂 thanks

Ahahaha the peer pressure thing is so true, whenever I refill from the tap I’m literally sneaking around to make sure no one sees me cus it feels so gross 😂😂

They haven’t been to countries where tap water isn’t safe...

At home yes, but not outside, God knows what's happening to the cleanliness of the tap

Most of the drink stalls owners are the owners of the coffee shops, they wont really push for coolers (with maintenance cost ) to compete with their drinks profit :)

2 points of contention here: Recently Fairprice wanted to sell plastic bags for your groceries. If they are so concerned about plastic pollution, why don't they stop selling drinking water in plastic bottles? Why? Because drinking water brings profit. Containing your groceries in plastics are not profitable . I detect some hypocrisy here. 2ndly, you don't approach a drink stall selling drinks (this case... water) for a living and tell the owner you propose an idea to give free water.

I still see people wash hands, wash mouth, spit into it, snorts, wash slippers, throw tissue paper into it.

The only time where I am more than happy to drink tap water is when I go back for reservist in Sungei Gedong. The water from the water cooler taste really funky. Even the tap water taste better.

I use water jug filtered tap water. Cheaper than getting complicated filtered system

Been drinking straight from the tap in Singapore for the past 50 years. No issues. Won't do it elsewhere e.g. when I travel. Then, I drink bottled water for safety reasons.

One suggestion most of the times we are forced to buy the bottled water due to lack of tap water option at hotels restaurants n public places. If Singapore can make a law that all commercial n public establishment must provide tap water as alternative for customers to choose among the bottled water and tap water atleast we will have some alternative to choose from

The lady claiming she felt rejuvenated probably was experiencing the placebo effect.

Those who really drink water everyday should know that not all water taste the same. I did a blind test for water tasting with tap water and several brands bottled water and still concluded that tap water doesn't taste that nice.

Definitely tap water. But not the tap water from the washroom.

Good efforts but there are misleading/ misinformed information presented.

Well having a water cooler at a food court or hawker center will probably affect beverage sales. They generate the most profit. It's probably why the Uncle in the video was so hesitant.

Investing in whole house filter, RO with mineralization. Extremely pricey. Everything will be filtered. Super pricey. Contaminates in my zip code on EWG…. Bad. Be well everyone on here, everyone deserves healthy water. In the states, the tap is 80% contaminated throughout the country.

Isn't there something like 'pure it' or 'brita' in sg? I went to sg back in 2013, and I just drank the tap water right away in Geylang, that wasn't exactly good so I bought bottled water after. but I thought that with boiling or some more filters it'd be fine. and probably carrying bottle from home

Why not carry a 2.5 litre water bottle with tap water from home in a sling bag? If you work in an office, you can always drink from the pantry water cooler or tap water from the sink.

One time in Mexico I drank 100% mineral water from untouched nature itself that was located on a very small island. It was the cleanest water I have ever seen, seeing the bottom of the pond clearly. I cannot describe how different that water was from any other water I have ever drank. It is like complete night and day. It did have a strong taste to it but I think that was the taste of all the minerals in it. I never got sick from it. I never believed in drinking bottled water either. Never thought that there was anything wrong with tap water. In Mexico people kept telling me to drink bottled water only while I was living there or I will get sick for sure but I didn't listen to them. I never got sick from Mexico's tap water, no matter what part of the country I drank from and I've been to most of the states of Mexico. It is simply a brainwash by companies for us to believe that tap water is bad for us. Of course, or how would these companies make money?

My question is why is there even a filter in the water cooler in the first place when the tap water is clean?

What's one similarity in every water The word "water"

good job

the best water is boiled water

11:15 just go some hawker centre or shopping mall everyday get free water

Interesting. I don't drink bottled water at all.

Why water dispenser at 19:35 need water filter when the source tapped is confirmed to be safe ?

Please share the report CNA, not just part of the report. Besides lead and arsenic, how about Chlorine and flouride levels in the water? Tap water is clean yes, not e coli but are there OTHER heavy metals??

48 million bottles. That's 1 bottle per person for 5 days. That is about right. I buy bottle water when outside the home and thirsty. Better than drinking sweetened water. Filter water especially carbon filter have better taste, and when use to make drinks. The Chlorine, flocculates, foreign matter caught along the way on 1500 km of pipes. 🤣😌

@19:08 drink stall owner would definitely suffer a lot of loss.

That intro is totally me when someone talks about water of ANY kind

what about distilled bottle water?

I just boil water anywhere and every where and drink it. Period.

I will drink tap water that is filtered but not directly from the tap. As for bottled water, Evian is the best tasting one ever!

Water from water cooler from direct water pipe not mineral water: you don't know when the water filter is changed. Packaging matters.

I don't get how people can drink bottled water E.g brand X taste like boiled water cooled(refrigerated) with a pinch of salt

I honestly don't mind drinking water straight from the tap. Why? Because to me water is just... Water. I mean what differences can water have?

I'm a sea dragon, I drink sea water, easy~

I thought most singaporeans will boil their water?! Unlike other countries like South Korea where they drink from bottled water

do a video boiled water vs tap water

🇱🇰🇱🇰 Sri Lankan water wonderful natural

funny the results was not disclosed. That is how safe it is!

Pinoy and CECA nv go NS before, where got drink tap water one... ask the sinkie that went thru NS. they know it best.

Atomic power stations are good for distilling water

why would drink stall owners install water coolers when it eats into his sale of bottled water. and people choose water cooler cos most have filters in it. water is cleaner and not to mention cold

13:48 she likes the cup

Why put water coolers when they can profit off bottled water?

Let's drink from tap water

We are so lucky, Singapore water is the safest! why pay to drink mineral water.

Bottle water. You only waste more plastic

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I will drink any water serve by steve chia :)

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I will switch if my water comes from the little reservoir @Istana

Bruh i take tap water and boil it Cheap and convienient

6:59 Will you drink 100 litres of mineral water to get the same level of minerals compared to few slices of cheese or few bananas? ----- Wow

Hahahaha "water water"

the amount of waste plastic..........sad

Didn’t think Singapore water was drinkable out of the tap

Tap water does feel too tasty. Boiled water works better. Don't bacteria algae grow in water tank and pipes? But mineral, bottled water and alkaline waters are for suckers or places with poor water treatments.

some countries are a load of BS and try to tell you their water is Oxygenated and is better for you.

I drink tap water since i was 6,turn out i like till now,only in malaysia i drink it from.bottle

All marketing to sell water at inflated price. Anyone for bottled unpolluted or scented fresh air? Lol

The day we started shipping water thousand of miles across countries, it's the day when we entered our doom 😈

The experiment isnt a fair test as the cups used is different. The tap water is contained by a glass bottle which will make people react as the water is more 'atas', hence choosing them as their favourite water, walking into the trap of CNA's

Hi would you like some tap water? Sorry im in a rush... HUH?!

I want to have distilled water

my advise to singaporean people watch bear grylls show then get some courage to drink tap water.

I think i like boiling my tap water

Then wad is so special about the Smart water by coca cola?

interesting.

So the experiment show that most people are dumb 🤣

New water pfft

Rich people water

THEN WHY THE HELL DID I GET DIRREHEA FROM DRINKING WATER AT MY BATHROOM!!!

Some bottles water taste like plastic while some taste nasty..I use a filtration for drinking tap water..

what if it happen you get stomach ache from drinking sg tap water, who to blame ? pub, lol , are they gonna pay your hospital bills ?

Y’all crazy. Tap water isn’t safe.

It make me wonder too how stupid human beings are

Not singaporean water.. water imported from Malaysia la

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There is a difference between tap water and water from water purification systems . This can be measured empirically. So will viewers be confused that tap water is as pure as purified water? Secondly, are pipes in 45-50 year old buildings as uncontaminated with metals as water from a brand new pipe? Has this state media program shown the ppm (parts per million) in tap water is higher than the ppm from a decent water purifier? Hope Singaporeans can think critically

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