I would have a problem with this if I knew it was recycled waste water. As the below BBC article says, it's something that everyone will have to do eventually. Not our generation but our grand kids for sure IMO. If given a choice, I would vote overwhelmingly for birth control instead of having to drink recycled waste water!
Location is also a concern. Recycled in Japan or the west I would feel more comfortable than in Thailand, India, China, Africa etc. Pete
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/2016010 ... 016_future
Would you drink recycled waste water?
Would you drink recycled waste water?
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Re: Would you drink recycled waste water?
I would have no problem drinking recycled water, provided the equipment used to clean it, was well maintained.
Let's face it, over the years, waste water has been discharged to the sea untreated all over the World, then nature has put it back into rainfall and that has been going through the system for years and we have all been drinking it.
I bet this "toilet to tap water" would be a lot cleaner than a lot of the water supplied in many parts of Thailand.
Let's face it, over the years, waste water has been discharged to the sea untreated all over the World, then nature has put it back into rainfall and that has been going through the system for years and we have all been drinking it.
I bet this "toilet to tap water" would be a lot cleaner than a lot of the water supplied in many parts of Thailand.
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Re: Would you drink recycled waste water?
In the UK, if you live alongside the Thames valley, then your water can be drunk and recycled up to six times before it reaches the estuary.............and that was 25 years ago.
Re: Would you drink recycled waste water?
They have been drinking recycled water in Singapore for over a decade. It's called NEWater. Google is your friend.
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Re: Would you drink recycled waste water?
All water is recycled whether by nature or technology. The world only has a finite amount of water which we have been living off since the birth of mankind. There really is no such thing as 'waste water'.