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Reclaimed Water Wiki
Reclaimed water is not directly mixed with potable (drinking) water for several reasons:
* Humans may face psychological barriers against drinking reclaimed water, since it was formerly sewage.
* Small amounts of pathogens and pharmaceutical chemicals are able to pass through the filtering process, potentially causing danger to humans. Modern technologies such as reverse osmosis are helping to overcome this problem. An experiment by the University of New South Wales showed a reverse osmosis system removed ethinylestradiol and paracetamol from the waste water, even at 1000 times the expected ppm.[1]
* Many utilities providing reclaimed water for nonpotable uses do not treat the water to drinking water standards.
This phenomenon is also observed in the United States, where the Mississippi River serves as both the destination of sewage treatment plant effluent and the source of potable water.
Originally posted by WyrdeOne
Now, the idea of drinking former sewage is disgusting, but it's really quite sensible.
Originally posted by Duby78
Shots, you've missed my point.
If weren`t for my excellent condition nip of nerve which kicked in as fast as the lightning,making my orifice tighter than a fish's waste outlet it may have been embarrassing.
gp777
If weren`t for my excellent condition nip of nerve which kicked in as fast as the lightning,making my orifice tighter than a fish's waste outlet it may have been embarrassing.
gp777
Originally posted by clearwater
lol
I'm so glad you're alright.
The alarming water shortfall has prompted experts to warn that the state won't cope with a population increase.