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What chemical worry? I’ll keep drinking tap water even from public loos
Singapore consumes the most bottled water and spends the highest on it per capita worldwide, said a report. But tap water tastes of freedom.
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The writer connects the idea of the tap water to the sky, land, and reservoirs of Singapore. This is Upper Peirce Reservoir as seen in 2019.
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I get quizzical looks from people when I say one of my favourite drinks is Singapore tap water. It’s as if I said I enjoy lapping up toilet water like a cat ignoring its drinking bowl. The reaction doesn’t surprise me as Singapore spends the most on bottled water per capita in the world, said a think-tank report.
I have been content with sipping tap water while nodding sympathetically as I listen to ardent arguments against it. But recently, I nodded harder when I read about Singapore scientists studying if a chemical in our tap water is harmful to health.
