I was talking to a liberal neighbor of mine who knows I’m conservative, and we both agreed that runoff and sewage should be recycled instead of just treating it preliminarily and pumping it out to sea.
The technologies are already in place for this. With some rerouting of drainage systems it seems very doable despite the “ich” factor which appears to be the main political obstacle.
You may be surprised at how much this is already being done.
The Orange County (Calif) WWTP has been pumping discharge into the ground to replenish the aquifer for over ten years.
We are talking about millions of gallons per day.
'Water Reuse' is big in Calif., Arizona, and other states.