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http://dx.doi.org/10.11001/jksww.2014.28.4.461

Investigation for analysis methods of water intake and perception on the tap water : the survey result on the seoul tap water, arisu  

Huh, Jun-Rim (Institute of Environmental Issues, Ewha Womans University)
Bhnag, Kon Joon (School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Kumoh National nI stitute of Technology)
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Journal of Korean Society of Water and Wastewater / v.28, no.4, 2014 , pp. 461-472 More about this Journal
Abstract
The tap water plays a critical role in our daily life by providing clean water for drinking as well as for residential use. Its importance, however, is often hidden and criticized in mass media because drinking the unprocessed tap water as a primary source of drinking water is very low comparing to other countries. This is because survey tool in Korea is often different from those in other countries so their results on the tap water cannot be directly compared without analysis on survey questionnaire. Therefore, we examplified cases showing the difference of questions of each country and discussed the reason why results of tap water intake should not be compared without analysis on the questions. Also, distrust on Arisu without rational reason is known as the first reason of distrust on the tap water. However, it was not the ultimate reason of distrust on the tap water. To verify, we designed survey questions in a tricky way that the same question was asked twice with different choices in the survey questionnaire. Most of the people who distrust Arisu without rational reason at the first question were selected different choices and significantly reduced in the second question. This proved that the ratio of distrust on the tap water is not actually the right reason and that by providing more choices, people's distrust on the tap water without rational reason can turn into more specific reasons.
Keywords
tap water intake; Arisu; survey question; perception difference;
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