Bangkok water goes international

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Bangkok water goes international

Published: 19 Feb 2013 at 08.48
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"Don't drink the tapwater" is a common refrain, and has helped put a smile on the owners of plastic bottle factories that sell water throughout the country.

But Bangkok's Metropolitan Waterworks Authority is taking aim at critics in a high-profile way this weekend.

The MWA has entered samples of Bangkok water into the oldest, biggest water-tasting competition in the world.

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flpatbkk
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Discussion 8 : 19 Feb 2013 at 20.248
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Looking at the event website it seems this is purely a test based on taste. It doesn't appear any scientific analysis is done of the water sample to determine their purity or chemical content. The site also states "Municipal waters compete for the coveted honor of best tasting tap water..." Does this mean as the water comes from the tap or from the processing plant. If the MWA really wanted to see what the story is it would take random samples from households throughout the city and a clean sample from the processing facility and send them all to an independent (UL) lab for analysis. The results would give a better idea of any contamination
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Discussion 7 : 19 Feb 2013 at 17.137
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Who actually did the collection of the water?
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Discussion 6 : 19 Feb 2013 at 10.396
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Bangkok tap water is fine to drink. I've done it for years and have never been sick.
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The water that flows from a mountain stream is pure and clean too, but by the time it passes the unregulated factories, stream and riverside communities dumping sewage and the fertilizer runoff from the agricultural areas it becomes lethal. So telling us the water produced by the BMA facilities is clean is of little comfort if it has to flow through sewer pipes to get to my house. Haven't heard any of the candidates for Governor talk about this ongoing issue.
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“and any impurities or contaminants are strictly from the pipes and tunnels that deliver it to homes”
So what should we do to get the pure water? Line up outside Bangkok's Metropolitan Waterworks Authority with empty bottles to avoid pipes and tunnels to our homes?
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Discussion 3 : 19 Feb 2013 at 09.213
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If Bangkok Water applies the science of the Japanese scientist Masaru Emoto, it will win hands down for taste. I wonder, if they know about it despite water being their business.
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Discussion 2 : 19 Feb 2013 at 09.172
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Do not miss the point, public water may be clean from the main filtering station but could be contaminated a long the way in the pipe line which some sections may be old and rusted, and some sections under repair and construction allowing dirt to get in which need to be purged out.
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Discussion 1 : 19 Feb 2013 at 09.131
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I hope BMA doesn't think the water is that clean .It isn't the worst but I certainly wouldn't enter it in a competition .Just think about how many plastic bottles we throw away everyday because people are too scared to drink the tap water .Making tap water clean is an admirable goal but you also have to think about the pipes it travels down to get to your house .I was lucky to win a water filter as they are quite expensive .
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