With all the debate about plastic waste from bottled water and microplastics in tap water we wanted to find out where people get their drinking water from. We asked 500 Brits across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland to tell us about their drinking water consumption and his is what they told us.
England
66% drink the water directly from the tap
34% use a filter of some kind
15% mainly drink bottled water
The most common complaints about tap water are
Taste 32%
Worried about contaminants 31%
Limescale 28%
The main reason people drink bottled water:
39% think bottled water is healthier than tap water
35% think bottled water tastes better
57% claim to always recycle (lower than England and Wales)
Scotland
83% drink the water directly from the tap
14% use a filter of some kind
Only 4% mainly drink bottled water
The most common complaints about tap water are
Taste 17%
Worried about contaminants 14%
Limescale 10%
The main reason people drink bottled water:
21% think bottled water is healthier than tap water
4% think bottled water tastes better
52% claim to always recycle (lower than England and Wales)
Wales
79% drink the water directly from the tap
21% use a filter of some kind
12.5% mainly drink bottled water
The most common complaints about tap water are
Taste 26%
Worried about contaminants 32%
Lime scale 16%
The main reason people drink bottled water:
42% think bottled water is healthier than tap water
37% think bottled water tastes better
37% buy more than 10 bottles of water per week
79% claim to always recycle (lower than England and Wales)
Northern Ireland
71% drink the water directly from the tap
28% use a filter of some kind
17% mainly drink bottled water
The most common complaints about tap water are
Taste 29%
Worried about contaminants 29%
Lime scale 36%
The main reason people drink bottled water
43% think bottled water is healthier than tap water
36% think bottled water tastes better
29% buy more than 10 bottles of water per week.
86% claim to always recycle (lower than England and Wales)
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