Drinking toilet water

March 4, 2008

What I find really amazing about this synopsis of how Orange County is cleaning waste water and returning it to the county’s taps is not the process itself …

The program takes treated sewer water, runs it through the same reverse osmosis process that bottled water companies use to purify their artesian (or tap) water, and then injects it into a deep aquifer that provides water for Orange County. The idea is to recycle as much of the water as possible and, in the process, reduce the water needs of a very arid and highly populated region of the country. [ Would you like some sparkling clear sewer water with your meal? ]

… but that I thought we were already doing this. Everywhere. Shows what I know.

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