Common Answers
How do you save water?
1. Shorter showers
2. Use the smaller flush for toilets
3. Use water filters
What are the 4 National Taps
1. Local catchments
2. Imported water
3. NEWater
4. Desalinated water
Thoughts on the 2 samples of water:
<Kai Yun>
1. thought there was no difference between the 2
2. thought that one contained more minerals than the other
Thoughts on the 2 samples of water: <Natasha>
1. one sample is smellier than the usual drinking water
2. tastes less fresh
Thoughts on the 2 samples of water:
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1. theres a certain unpleasent smell present
2. tastes weird
Thoughts on the 2 samples of water:
<Jun Rong>
1. one sample is saltier than the other
SUMMARY:
After testing the students from Temasek Polytechnic, we realised that many of them are well educated about the ways that Singapore gets their water, and how we can go about saving water.
But where the students fell short were their understanding of NEWater. Right from the beginning, these students already had a prior misunderstanding that NEWater is treated sewage water. But little do they know that NEWater is actually the cleanest out of all 4 taps. The unpleasant smell and taste they picked up from the samples of water was the work of their imagination.