Bacteria in your drinking water


  • Nation
  • Tuesday, 19 Aug 2014

Health hazard: A man collecting water from a water vending machine in Subang Jaya. - AZHAR MAHFOF / The Star

PETALING JAYA: The water you buy from vending machines may not be as clean as you think.

Twenty-nine samples of water were drawn from such machines throughout the Klang Valley – and almost all were contaminated.

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