Just read in the newspapers about a Maid's dead body in the Water Tank of Block 686B Woodlands Drive 73.
Firstly, SUPER MAJOR GROSSNESS!
Apparently, residents started complaining to HDB/town council when their tap water started to become yellowish and unnaturally foamy.

They were told that some "maintenance" work was being done. Then later that day, news broke that a 30 year old Indonesian maid was found dead (and probably rotting.. hence the colour of the tap water) in the water tank.
Imagine.. those poor poor residents drinking, brushing their teeth and cooking... with tap water... in which a maid's dead body was soaking in.... until it finally rotted and made the water yucky looking.
Surely before the water turned yellow, most residents were using it without any suspicion!

Secondly....
WHY IS IT SO EASY TO GAIN ACCESS TO OUR WATER TANKS, HDB???
If this bangladeshi (it was reported) could gain access to the water tanks on the roof of the HDB blocks... then who else can?
Am I the only one who can see the danger in this? Someone can poison thousands and thousands of people easily at one go, simply by puttng the poison into our water tanks.
Why aren't these tanks locked?! Shouldn't supervisors be in charge of these water tanks, and only open them when maintenance workers work on them/in them. Then lock them up when the work is completed?
Thank goodness this didn't happen at my block ... I drink straight from the tap! *vomit feeling*
I feel sorry for those who were affected.... I would be damn pissed off with PUB/HDB if I were them... maybe they should get their water bills waived for a year or something man.
Firstly, SUPER MAJOR GROSSNESS!
Apparently, residents started complaining to HDB/town council when their tap water started to become yellowish and unnaturally foamy.
They were told that some "maintenance" work was being done. Then later that day, news broke that a 30 year old Indonesian maid was found dead (and probably rotting.. hence the colour of the tap water) in the water tank.
Imagine.. those poor poor residents drinking, brushing their teeth and cooking... with tap water... in which a maid's dead body was soaking in.... until it finally rotted and made the water yucky looking.
Surely before the water turned yellow, most residents were using it without any suspicion!
Secondly....
WHY IS IT SO EASY TO GAIN ACCESS TO OUR WATER TANKS, HDB???
If this bangladeshi (it was reported) could gain access to the water tanks on the roof of the HDB blocks... then who else can?
Am I the only one who can see the danger in this? Someone can poison thousands and thousands of people easily at one go, simply by puttng the poison into our water tanks.
Why aren't these tanks locked?! Shouldn't supervisors be in charge of these water tanks, and only open them when maintenance workers work on them/in them. Then lock them up when the work is completed?
Thank goodness this didn't happen at my block ... I drink straight from the tap! *vomit feeling*
I feel sorry for those who were affected.... I would be damn pissed off with PUB/HDB if I were them... maybe they should get their water bills waived for a year or something man.
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But i don't think he shld be entrusted with the keys/ access to the tanks anytime. (to the extent he can sneak a dead body in there!)
Some supervisor shld control access. Water tanks are important... it's frighteing to think tht one can simply pay 50 bucks to a bangladeshi worker and he can drop cyanide (or whatever colourless/odourless poison) into the tanks.
http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_669451.html
I feel so angry at the bangla for doing this, I mean really, just because back in his homeland (India, Bangladesh, whatever) they bathe and shit in the same river doesn't mean we do too! I hope his balls get fed to him in hell.
I'm sure after this saga, tighter rules on the access to the water tank will be imposed
its always the case. only after someting terrible happen then stricter rules are imposed
http://www.tripadvisor.com/LocationPhotos-g612469-d579710-Tulip_Inn_Hawar_Beach-Hawar_Islands.html#25402340
I googled for dirty tap water for those images.
We use images for illustration to go with articles. Don't be so naive lah.
Time to question the buildings managers and your newly elected officials.
The water supply should be secure, and something like this should never occur.
If getting access to part of the public water supply is this easy, a terrorist or malcontent could easily poison any buildings water tank.
David
@ anon- yukkkkkkkkk
Anonymous... she did not say the water pic was from woodlands. All bloggers and online media use images to go with their articles.
If she had chosen to put a picture of an indonesian maid cleaning. Then are you going to accuse her of misleading us to think that THAT was the maid that was killed?
OMFG
So, this one also... means the water is from woodlands water tank arh?? http://www.over-logging.com/2011/05/hidden-corpse-inside-water-tank.html