To Drink or Not to Drink?
Wednesday, 4. July 2007, 09:52:42
That is the Beijing drinkable-tap-water question.
There have been different of opinions towards Beijing Waterworks' announcement of the drinkability of the city's tap water.
I suggest Beijing dwellers take water from their tap and go to a designated inspection laboratory (authorized agent like SGS) and run a test.
Some kind of organization (in collaboration with, say, SGS) will have to be in place for such data collection as what, who, where and when etc.
Well, it should actually be the job of the water authorities, before they make their too-good-to-be-true announcement.
Serious, anyone? I'm more than happy to put it into action.
There will plausibly be a couple of after-actions:
(1) Too good a result: We shall organize a mass gathering in praise of the hardwork done by the Beijing Waterworks, under the leadership of the Municipal Communist Party Committee of Beijing;
(2) A marginal result: We shall suggest certain waterpipe network refurnishing or building improvements, based on our tap-water collection database;
(3) Too bad a result: We shall of course put the Beijing Waterworks to the court and sue it for providing false information, and the possibility of endangering its citizenry's health, and the bad implementation of the party's line of upholding a scientific development viewpoint (Kexue Fazhan Guan).
Further Reading:
There have been different of opinions towards Beijing Waterworks' announcement of the drinkability of the city's tap water.
I suggest Beijing dwellers take water from their tap and go to a designated inspection laboratory (authorized agent like SGS) and run a test.
Some kind of organization (in collaboration with, say, SGS) will have to be in place for such data collection as what, who, where and when etc.
Well, it should actually be the job of the water authorities, before they make their too-good-to-be-true announcement.
Serious, anyone? I'm more than happy to put it into action.
There will plausibly be a couple of after-actions:
(1) Too good a result: We shall organize a mass gathering in praise of the hardwork done by the Beijing Waterworks, under the leadership of the Municipal Communist Party Committee of Beijing;
(2) A marginal result: We shall suggest certain waterpipe network refurnishing or building improvements, based on our tap-water collection database;
(3) Too bad a result: We shall of course put the Beijing Waterworks to the court and sue it for providing false information, and the possibility of endangering its citizenry's health, and the bad implementation of the party's line of upholding a scientific development viewpoint (Kexue Fazhan Guan).
Further Reading:
- At long last, drinkable tap water? (Danwei.org)
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