That’s a great read. Most golf courses now use purple pipe water, nonpotable recycled or reclaimed water or as we say sh1twater from the sewage treatment plants never EVER drink out of a purple hose, faucet or nozzle. Las Vegas has taken technology from yup the Israelis they are second in the world behind Israel in water recycling more than 99% of water used inside structures in Las Vegas gets fully recycled back to Lake
Mead or into purple pipes for industrial or landscape use it’s impressive engineering.
This is the way.
https://www.fluencecorp.com/israel-leads-world-in-water-recycling/
https://www.snwa.com/water-resources/current-water-supply/index.html
Interesting info about the waste water recycling system in Vegas. Are they just recycling the gray water? To hit 99%, it would have to be ALL the water. If they dump the processed water back into Lake Mead, they aren’t getting as much dilution as they used to get when the lake was full.
I was working in the power plant at a mine near Rock Springs, Wyoming many decades ago. I was dying of thirst in the construction trailer and drank from the wash basin tap. BIG mistake. After I drank, I saw the hand printed “Not potable” sign. Less than 30 minutes later I was doubled up in my car with the worst cramps I’ve ever had. It passed and I didn’t think much of it until six weeks later in a paper mill in Arizona when it came back with a vengeance, only this time with explosive diarrhea. I had to drive a couple hours to get over to Flagstaff to get a decent medical facility.
Some years later, I got giardia on a backpacking trip in the Sierras, but it was nothing like those earlier episodes.
I developed a new respect for water systems and always carefully search out signs and heed them.