Table 2.
Summary of water exposures
| 2a: Water Consumption | Mean | Min | Percentile Distribution | Max | Consumed | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | 0.25 | 0.50 | 0.75 | n | % | ||||
| HOME | Tap water (filtered and unfiltered) (l/day) | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 2.6 | 32 | 82.1 |
| Filtered tap water (l/day) | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 8 | 20.5 | |
| Unfiltered tap water (l/day) | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 2.6 | 24 | 61.5 | |
| Tea (l/day) | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 2.4 | 22 | 56.4 | |
| Coffee (l/day) | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 7 | 17.9 | |
| Squash/cordial (l/day) | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 21 | 53.8 | |
| Total tap water intake (l/day) | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 1.4 | 2.2 | 4.2 | 36 | 92.3 | |
| Bottled water (l/day) | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 7 | 17.9 | |
| Total fluid intake (l/day) | 1.6 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 2.4 | 4.2 | 39 | 100.0 | |
| WORK | Tap water (filtered and unfiltered) (l/day) * | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 2.0 | 6 | 28.6 |
| Filtered tap water (l/day) * | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Unfiltered tap water (l/day) * | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 2.0 | 6 | 28.6 | |
| Tea (l/day) * | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 6 | 28.6 | |
| Coffee (l/day) * | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 5 | 23.8 | |
| Squash/cordial (l/day) * | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 2 | 9.5 | |
| Total tap water intake (l/day) * | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 2.8 | 15 | 71.4 | |
| Bottled water (l/day) * | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 2.0 | 8 | 38.1 | |
| Total fluid intake (l/day) * | 0.9 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 2.8 | 18 | 85.7 | |
| ELSEWHERE | Tap water (l/day) | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Tea (l/day) | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Coffee (l/day) | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Squash/cordial (l/day) | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Total tap water intake (l/day) | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Bottled water (l/day) | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 1 | 2.6 | |
| Total fluid intake (l/day) | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 1 | 2.6 | |
| ALL | Total tap water intake (l/day) | 1.8 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 2.4 | 5.8 | 37 | 94.9 |
| Total fluid intake (l/day) | 2.1 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 1.8 | 2.7 | 5.8 | 39 | 100.0 | |
| 2b: Showering, Bathing, Swimming | Mean | Min | Percentile Distribution | Max | Activity carried out | ||||
| Variable | 0.25 | 0.50 | 0.75 | n | % | ||||
| SHOWERING & BATHING | No. showers per week | 5 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 34 | 87.2 |
| Duration per shower (min) † | 16 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 20 | 60 | |||
| Showering (min/week) | 74 | 0 | 35 | 60 | 100 | 300 | 34 | 87.2 | |
| No. baths per week | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 26 | 66.7 | |
| Duration per bath (min) ‡ | 40 | 10 | 26 | 30 | 38 | 120 | |||
| Bathing (min/week) | 72 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 120 | 360 | 26 | 66.7 | |
| Total time showering/bathing (min/week) | 146 | 35 | 73 | 110 | 185 | 540 | 39 | 100.0 | |
| SWIM | No. swimming sessions per week | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 15.4 |
| Duration per swim (min) § | 53 | 10 | 26 | 53 | 60 | 120 | |||
| Swimming (min/week) | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 120 | 6 | 15.4 | |
* amongst those who were employed (n = 21), † amongst those who reported at least one shower per week (n = 34), ‡ amongst those who reported at least one bath per week (n = 26), §amongst those who reported going swimming at least once per week (n = 6)