Drinking wastewater for 5 years due to incorrect installation of water purifier...Installation staff resigns
Mar 26, 2025
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According to Chinese media such as Xiao Xiang Morning News, a woman named Liu, who lives in Shanghai, China, installed a water purifier from Company A at home in September 2020.
Feeling that the taste of water was strange one day, she purchased a simple water quality meter and examined the water from the water purifier.
Tests showed that it was more contaminated than tap water.
The water pollution level was tested at 600, more than twice that of tap water.
When I posted this online, a netizen recommended checking the water purifier connection.
Liu, as he advised, checked the water purifier and found that the pipe behind the machine was installed incorrectly.
Purified water was discharged to the sewer, while 'concentrated water', a type of wastewater from the purification process, came through the outlet.
After all, she has been drinking wastewater for the past five years, not purified water.
Perhaps this is why? Liu's menstruation has been irregular for the past six months, and a recent checkup revealed minor liver damage.
She said "I'm afraid that wastewater with a lot of chemicals will have a bad effect on my health"But there is no evidence to prove a link between wastewater and my health problems," he complained.
The water purifier company employee also confirmed that the pipe was installed incorrectly.
The employee who reconnected the pipe and replaced the filter said "The employee who installed the water purifier five years ago quit the company and can't be reached"
There have been other cases where water purifiers have been installed incorrectly.
According to the media, the same mistake occurred in a household in Zhejiang Province in 2022, causing a baby boy to eat powdered milk mixed with wastewater for months.
The name of the water purifier company has not been released, and it is not clear whether the company has compensated the baby's family.
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This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
