Table 2.
Summary of participants’ perception scores (n = 90) regarding different water sources on a Likert scale from 1 (strongly disagree) to 5 (strongly agree)
| Activity | Mean | SD |
|---|---|---|
| Tap water perceptions | ||
| I’m happy with the taste of my tap water | 2.0 | 1.4 |
| I’m happy with the odor of my tap water | 3.0 | 1.6 |
| I’m happy with the color of my tap water | 3.1 | 1.5 |
| I’m happy with the clarity of my tap water | 3.2 | 1.6 |
| I drink my tap water | 2.2 | 1.6 |
| It is safe to drink my tap water | 2.2 | 1.6 |
| I trust my tap water company to provide me with safe drinking water | 2.6 | 1.7 |
| My tap water has too much chlorine | 3.4 | 1.5 |
| My tap water is too hard | 3.5 | 1.6 |
| Friends or family have told me not to drink tap water | 4.5 | 1.1 |
| Bottled water perceptions | ||
| It is safe to drink water vended at water stations or at the store | 3.5 | 1.5 |
| It is safe to drink bottled water | 3.9 | 1.4 |
| The way I store my water keeps my water clean | 4.3 | 1.3 |
| I use bottled water or other sources of water (not tap) for drinking | 4.4 | 1.3 |
| The water containers I use are clean | 4.5 | 1.0 |