SUPERVISION OF AUTOMATIC DRINKING WATER VENDING MACHINE
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https://doi.org/10.14456/tbps.2021.6Keywords:
automatic drinking water vending machine, drinking water quality, supervisionAbstract
Nowadays drinking water from automatic drinking water vending machine has become increasingly popular among consumers. Contaminated drinking water can be harmful to a consumer’s health. Automatic drinking water vending machine supervision is important and involve with many organizations to work collaboratively. This article has gathered imperative issues related with automatic drinking water vending machine including types and history of automatic drinking water vending machine, legal measures to supervise automatic drinking water vending machine business, legal drinking water quality standard, automatic drinking water vending machine quality situation, factors affecting drinking water quality from automatic drinking water vending machine, and national health assembly operation to improve the quality of water. Therefore, comprehension in situations and roles of related-stakeholders is important. Furthermore, the cooperation between government sectors and entrepreneurs is important for enhancing proper automatic water vending machine business operation supervision. This will improve the quality of drinking water from automatic vending machines to achieve the required standard and be suitable for consuming continuously and sustainably.
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