Drinking the water in Singapore

[Lauren212]

Hello,

I have a few questions:
1) Do you drink the tap water?
2) Do you use a filter on your tap water and if so, which one do you use? Do you like it?
3) Do you use a water delivery service?

Thanks!

[sundaymorningstaple]

Hello,

I have a few questions:
1) Do you drink the tap water?

YES

2) Do you use a filter on your tap water and if so, which one do you use?

NO, and I've lived in old black & whites & older HDB's for 27 years and never been sick a day so far.

Do you like it?

YES. And according to WHO the water quality is one of the best in the world.

3) Do you use a water delivery service?

YES. It's called PUB (Public Utilities Board) and it's delivered through a pipe direct to the house for convenience. Not any carbon footprint left in the delivery process. :wink:

Thanks!

Your welcome.

[Nath21]

I support SMS the water here is great. Coming from Melbourne which has great water (at least until the desal plant starts) I would say its a very high standard. I lived in London for awhile and the water there was like the bottom of the Thames. You needed to wash you clothes with NappySan (baby clothes whitener) to try and clean them and they still would come out dirty some times.

If your a conspiracy theorist you should know the water has flouride added.

[Saint]

Agree with SMS, but still doesn't stop the locals boiling gallons of the stuff ever day!

[ScoobyDoes]

Agree with SMS, but still doesn't stop the locals boiling gallons of the stuff ever day!

We boil it, but i think it's more of the habit borne out by years in Hong Kong than actual concern for the water quality itself.

[jpatokal]

I support SMS the water here is great.

I wouldn't go that far -- I find that Singapore tap water tastes pretty bad. And while I'm sure the stuff that comes out from the PUB plant is fine, I'm note sure I trust the plumbing in my (old) apartment, especially after the NEA cite for leaking sewage...

[sassy5]

i think singapore's tap water is the best ive tasted so far.. and never been sick from it!

[cbavasi]

Me too! Coming from Jakarta and using bottled water for everything I was nervous drinking straight from the tap - but the water is delicious! Even gave it to my kids from 5 months without boiling. We've never been ill. I have, however bought one of those Brita water jugs - not sure if it makes a difference... was sort of an impulse buy.

[littlegreenman]

The water in Singapore is absolutely fine. You will find that the quality is about to improve as they don't have to buy water from dirty Malaysia any more. The local aunties will still be boiling water for everything over the next few years though and use bottled water to shower. That is because they are very old fashioned and believe that NEWater is a sin. They just don't get it that water reclamation produces some of the best water possible, better than the imports from Malaysia.

[sierra2469alpha]

LGM - yeh I agree - yet so many countries don't like "NEW" water...funny because the water here tastes nice (especially when chilled a little).

[ceej1979]

The water quality in Singapore, is amongst the best in the world.

Certainly a higher quality than most of Europe and North America.

I wouldn’t worry. What I’ve learnt in my time here – the government don’t scrimp or save on anything.

Everything is at the same level as most uber-developed coutries

[Lauren212]

great to know! as we just moved from hong kong and we drank all bottled. i think i will be giving my 20 month year old bottled water though...does anyone know any water delivery services that can deliver by the gallon?

[sundaymorningstaple]

Well, this thread was a real waste of bandwidth wasn't it.

[Strong Eagle]

Well, this thread was a real waste of bandwidth wasn't it.

Except that when I moved over, I had friends who wanted to know if the water was safe and how I kept from getting malaria... people really have no concept of most of Asia... I still get questions like... what part of China is Singapore in?

[sassy5]

hey Lauren212

my lil nephew (now 12 months old) has been drinking water from the tap and he's growing up healthy and strong. well, if u need the bottled water, u can always order from cold storage in bulk, they do delivery.