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California to add recycled sewer water to the state reservoirs
Fox News ^ | March 7, 2018 | Fox News

Posted on 03/08/2018 5:03:38 AM PST by treetopsandroofs

California’s water regulation agency approved new measures Tuesday that will allow recycled water – water that once ran through the sewers – to be added to the state’s reservoirs, The San Francisco Chronicle reported.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: recycled; sewer; water
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To: Doogle

.....let them drink piss"

21 posted on 03/08/2018 5:21:26 AM PST by Doogle (( USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand....never store a threat you should have eliminated)))
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To: treetopsandroofs

Formerly known as water from the Colorado River.


22 posted on 03/08/2018 5:21:45 AM PST by Steamburg (Other people's money is the only language a politician respects; starve the bastards)
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To: robroys woman
Recycled sewer water is actually some of the purest water on the planet.

I heard it was full of dihydrogen monoxide, a chemical. I don't put chemicals into my body, because they're dangerous ... that's why they're called chemicals, a synonym for poison.

23 posted on 03/08/2018 5:21:47 AM PST by Mr Ramsbotham (Laws against sodomy are honored in the breech.)
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To: mewzilla
A lot of things go into sewers in addition to urine and feces.

Feces I can handle, but I draw the line at poop.

24 posted on 03/08/2018 5:22:51 AM PST by Mr Ramsbotham (Laws against sodomy are honored in the breech.)
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To: treetopsandroofs

...AND...right now...it is offered at a “special price” just for you!!


25 posted on 03/08/2018 5:24:36 AM PST by incredulous joe ("No road is too long with good company" Turkish Proverb)
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To: BuffaloJack

That’s pretty smart of them. If I ever built a new house I’d consider adding a gray water tank where laundry and maybe shower water could be diverted. The tank would be connected to a pressure pump and could be used for washing cars and watering the lawn.

I’ve got no problem with this. As an occasional backpacker, I’ve filtered plenty of water with no ill effects. If I can be confident with a $25 Sawyer Mini filter, I’m sure a municipal wastewater treatment plant will do far better.

Plus, that pesky 4th grade science class about the water cycle comes in to play. Water is a zero sum game. It gets treated, ingested, expelled, returned, treated, ingested...


26 posted on 03/08/2018 5:25:13 AM PST by cyclotic (Trump tweets are the only news source you can trust.)
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To: treetopsandroofs

“Eat recycled food - it’s good for the environment and OK for you”


27 posted on 03/08/2018 5:25:41 AM PST by Skywise
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To: treetopsandroofs

Why not. CA has sewer people in the legistlature, a sewer governor, sewer actors, sewer senators, and, of course, the country’s greatest sh*thole in San Francisco.


28 posted on 03/08/2018 5:25:49 AM PST by Da Coyote
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To: BuffaloJack

I had an old farmhouse where the sink drains went to the large garden as gray water. Only the toilet went to the septic tank. Illegal of course.


29 posted on 03/08/2018 5:27:47 AM PST by blackdog
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To: Mr Ramsbotham

(chortle)


30 posted on 03/08/2018 5:28:07 AM PST by mewzilla (Has the FBI been spying on members of Congress?)
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To: fluorescence

“How is it different from living downstream of some other city and drawing your water from the same river into which their sewage treatment plant discharges?”

I live very close to the Mississippi. We’ve joked for years that the bacteria purify the liquids and the catfish recycle the solids.


31 posted on 03/08/2018 5:28:23 AM PST by CrazyIvan (A gentleman arms himself for the protection of others.)
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To: robroys woman
Recycled sewer water is actually some of the purest water on the planet. I’d drink it straight, depending on the processing plant.

You're a bigger man than I.

32 posted on 03/08/2018 5:28:31 AM PST by unixfox (Abolish Slavery, Repeal the 16th Amendment)
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To: treetopsandroofs

Another step by California to join the Turd World.....


33 posted on 03/08/2018 5:29:15 AM PST by Tench_Coxe
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To: fluorescence

Here in NJ we have reservoirs in the mountains; our sewage plants don’t discharge there.

I don’t understand how Arabs can desalinate seawater and California can’t.


34 posted on 03/08/2018 5:29:29 AM PST by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: treetopsandroofs

If They ever figure out how to only return sludge to the ocean, They’ll have a new brand new crisis to get in our face about.


35 posted on 03/08/2018 5:30:02 AM PST by Dixie Yooper (Ephesians 6:11)
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To: Mr Ramsbotham
I don't put chemicals into my body, because they're dangerous ... that's why they're called chemicals

Yes you do put chemicals in your body, willingly, all day every day.

And no,they're not called "chemicals" because of any danger.

36 posted on 03/08/2018 5:38:36 AM PST by AAABEST
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To: AAABEST
Yes you do put chemicals in your body, willingly, all day every day.

Oh no, not me! Only the purest food, and clear, fresh rainwater, to purify and replenish my natural bodily fluids.

Have you ever heard of a thing called "fluoridation?"

37 posted on 03/08/2018 5:43:41 AM PST by Mr Ramsbotham (Laws against sodomy are honored in the breech.)
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To: Dixie Yooper

I read in the Osage Beach newspaper that the treated water put back in the lake contains a high volume of whatever drugs are being peed out. Supposedly it makes the fish mean?

All the pills people take go right on through the cleaning process. Interesting.


38 posted on 03/08/2018 5:43:49 AM PST by oldasrocks (rump)
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To: Mr Ramsbotham

I heard it was full of dihydrogen monoxide, a chemical. I don’t put chemicals into my body, because they’re dangerous ... that’s why they’re called chemicals, a synonym for poison.


I forgot about that stuff! They use it at nuclear power plants! Ick!


39 posted on 03/08/2018 5:44:59 AM PST by robroys woman (So you're not confused, I'm male.)
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To: treetopsandroofs
California uses treated water for irrigation and that is questionable. I don't think radiation and pharmaceuticals can be filtered out.
40 posted on 03/08/2018 5:47:17 AM PST by jetson
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