Drinking Preferences
Abstract
People from different nationalities have different drinking preferences, particularly differs in developing and developed countries. A survey was conducted on the 11th June, 2013 to have the comparative study of drinking preferences of overseas students in their country and Australia. The research was conducted by means of a sample size of 25 overseas students. The results partly supported the hypothesis as only 6 out of 25 students had changed their drinking preference. The main result was that boiled water is the most preferred drinking water of overseas students in their country. It is likely the main reason for this might be that all of the students were from Asia where tap water is considered as non-hygiene. It is recommended that colleges should provide information about Sydney Water Supply at orientation day.
Introduction
Sydney, a dream of many overseas students, had faced a severe case of tap water contamination on July, 1998. It was contaminated with bacteria which could not be drunk. There was an increase in advertising of bottled water. Due to that, consumption of bottled water rapidly increased which costs the Sydney public million of dollars. This has also led to environmental pollution. Many people have changed their drinking preference.
Bounds (2004) has suggested to drink tap water as the tap water remains a cheap option as it costs just 98 cents per 1000 litres with chlorine and fluoride. ‘Carrying bottled water has become chic. It means you can afford to trade up, that you drink from an elite tap’ (Evans, 2007).
Strickland & Cresswell (2005) explained that bottled water is bought as people think it is better than tap water but it is only throwing money down the drain . Further they showed the result that neither tap nor bottled water samples had detectable bacterial contamination and all were within guideline limits for other substances. According to Jacobsen (2000), concerning pollution, grazing animals
People from different nationalities have different drinking preferences, particularly differs in developing and developed countries. A survey was conducted on the 11th June, 2013 to have the comparative study of drinking preferences of overseas students in their country and Australia. The research was conducted by means of a sample size of 25 overseas students. The results partly supported the hypothesis as only 6 out of 25 students had changed their drinking preference. The main result was that boiled water is the most preferred drinking water of overseas students in their country. It is likely the main reason for this might be that all of the students were from Asia where tap water is considered as non-hygiene. It is recommended that colleges should provide information about Sydney Water Supply at orientation day.
Introduction
Sydney, a dream of many overseas students, had faced a severe case of tap water contamination on July, 1998. It was contaminated with bacteria which could not be drunk. There was an increase in advertising of bottled water. Due to that, consumption of bottled water rapidly increased which costs the Sydney public million of dollars. This has also led to environmental pollution. Many people have changed their drinking preference.
Bounds (2004) has suggested to drink tap water as the tap water remains a cheap option as it costs just 98 cents per 1000 litres with chlorine and fluoride. ‘Carrying bottled water has become chic. It means you can afford to trade up, that you drink from an elite tap’ (Evans, 2007).
Strickland & Cresswell (2005) explained that bottled water is bought as people think it is better than tap water but it is only throwing money down the drain . Further they showed the result that neither tap nor bottled water samples had detectable bacterial contamination and all were within guideline limits for other substances. According to Jacobsen (2000), concerning pollution, grazing animals