[cosmo girl]

Originally Posted by WalkAbout

Can anyone suggest a laboratory that can test home tap water ?

What kind of water filters are people using for HK tap water ?

Hi Walkabout,

Just found this interesting topic but I'm not sure if you guys still interest to explore it further....

I have been worked for a company which selling water treatment system to hotels/restaurants 10 years ago so I know a little bit information about the water quality in HK or how to select a good water filter for home use.

I dont want to scare you guys but the tap water in HK is not that clean as you see its crystal clear because we are buying the water from China. If you see how the factories dispose the chemical stuff into the river which carries the water to HK and the news which reported by the local enviromental group by time to time, then you would like me wont drink the table water which serves in the restaurants as mostly they dont really filtering before it serves.

I feel very strange that why HK people would drink or think distill water is the best choice - maybe they are brain washing by the great TV advertisment...I'm sure you guys from other countries only drink spring water but use the distill water for the engine of the car. Some doctors know that it would create a health problem people if drinking the distill water for a long time.

I would like to stop it here before I know if any of you would like to hear more...you can browse this link - www.everpure.com if you may want to know what I use at home and the office. (p.s. I'm not selling water treatment system and I'm totally out of this industry now, hahaha)

Cheers!
Rachel

[Vrindavan]

i use this at home

http://www.waters.com.hk/production.htm

[cosmo girl]

Hi Vrindavan,

The mineral pot which shown in the link looks like manufactured in China but no details what standard it passed and whether it can absorb the chemicals or any function of particulate reduction. It also hardly to tell when the product no longer sutitable to use as it ups to the end user to decide. Anyway....

I just read a book recently and I find it quite inspirating and would like to share it with anyone in this thread.

The books called "your body's many cries for water" but I only got the chinese version. I'm thinking to buy the English version throught the net (not sure if it is available in the book shop here in HK).

Wish all of you healthy, happy and wealthy in 2007!

Cheers!
Rachel

[Vrindavan]

Rachel

you did not heard about Waters Mineral Pot.
It is made in Korea.
It is one of the great products out there.
There are some others as well.

I knew Everpure very well years ago.
However, it is just a standard water filter.

[jrlevin]

Does the brita filter get the rust out of the water in Hong Kong?

[smelly]

I live on the edge I guess. The tap water is fine.

[Vrindavan]

chemicals are more harmful than the rust

[Sigga]

I also live on the edge. I (gasp) drink unfiltered tap water. I think people can be really pathetic about this.

I agree HK water is not the best tasting - it has a definite brackish-riverine mustiness, but it's perfectly safe.

And all the the water pipes I've seen here (and they're constantly digging them up) were made of plastic. I've heard of lead pipes, but iron????

[jayinhongkong]

Hong Kong's water regularly contains chemicals in quantities that exceed WHO standards. This is known by those who are responsible for water quality in HK. The water in the US is a little better, but the EU standards are more stringent than the WHO's and the water quality in most places in the EU is excellent. I use a Brita, since activated carbon filtration DOES help reduce the levels of Volatile Organic Compounds and the like.

Distilled water is cleaner still, but more expensive, and the packaging used (whether glass or plastic) is contributing to a 50% decline in male fertility per generation. This isn't too bad, since we're still far more fertile than we need to be (most of us anyway). Food for thought. You can't really get away from tap water if you eat out. I wonder if the PVC pipes used in HK also contribute to declining male fertility? Time to put my lead-lined suit and foil hat back on. 8)

[jgl]

There was another discussion on water quality on this board (which I'm too lazy to look up right now) someone went to the trouble of posting up a massive table of government water testing... everything was well under WHO-recommended levels.

I live in a new building without metal pipes. I'm perfectly happy to drink unfiltered tap water. I have friends who are environmental engineers, chemical engineers, and microbiologists. They've all been quite happy to drink HK tap water.

And I think that the whole market for bottled water is one of the greatest scams ever perpetuated on consumers.