Toilet-to-tap

Agent__J
Agent__J Posts: 39
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I live in a Texas town that has started recycling waste water. I won't drink it no matter how many times it is filtered.

The city council asked residents to conserve water and we have by 1/3, as a reward they want to raise our water rates 53%
The city council also spent money on cloud seeding, which failed and now they want to spend $400,000 on a chemical to put into the lake to prevent evaporation....I am sure that won't work either since it doesn't work on my pool.

Here is a link to one of the many articles...http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/22/texas-wastewater-recycling_n_5610632.html

So would you drink tap water from a town that boasts "We put the number 2
in H2O"?

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  • kinkyslinky16
    kinkyslinky16 Posts: 1,469 Member
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    Sorry, put the number 2 in h2o.. hilarious.
  • SofaKingRad_II
    SofaKingRad_II Posts: 591
    Can't you save money at home and just strain your *kitten* water over a coffee filter? It's what I do! I haven't bought bottled water in years!
  • jgray14321
    jgray14321 Posts: 49 Member
    I work for the state agency that monitors water quality in Texas and have worked in the water quality and water utility areas. From what I've seen, I believe recycled water will be just as clean (and possibly cleaner) than the water we currently drink because of the strict quality standards that do and will apply. In a state like Texas that faces drastic water shortages, I think the use of recycled water is practical and inevitable.* Considering much of the water we consume is already treated wastewater that has been released to our waterways, there really is not much of a difference. It's really the "yuck" factor that we will have to get past. Anyway, that's just my two cents worth.*

    *These are my personal opinions only and do not reflect the state's or any agency's position.
  • Swaggs51
    Swaggs51 Posts: 716 Member
    Ive worked in WWTP, the water coming out is safe and clean
  • geminigrey
    geminigrey Posts: 26 Member
    I know I don't drink any water that they put chemicals in. Just look at all the stuff that comes out of the tap, like dihydrogen monoxide. Do you know how many people that stuff kills every year, but somehow the government wants to claim it's safe for us to drink?
  • chivalryder
    chivalryder Posts: 4,391 Member
    I'd bet my life that it's cleaner and healthier than any bottled water you can buy.
  • Go_Mizzou99
    Go_Mizzou99 Posts: 2,628 Member
    Ive worked in WWTP, the water coming out is safe and clean

    I am an engineer and work with several WWTPs. They all say what you say. I don't particularly disagree either. But in no case, to my knowledge, in my 30 year career, has any one of them drank the water that is supposed to be safe to drink.

    That being said, our water supply comes from the Missouri River. Every single WWTP upstream from us has dumped their processed water into the river...so...in a way...we are drinking toilet-to-tap water every day.

    P.S. - I drink well water.
  • Go_Mizzou99
    Go_Mizzou99 Posts: 2,628 Member
    Quick question...

    Does toilet-to-tap water count as water?
  • jgray14321
    jgray14321 Posts: 49 Member
    "I know I don't drink any water that they put chemicals in. Just look at all the stuff that comes out of the tap, like dihydrogen monoxide. Do you know how many people that stuff kills every year, but somehow the government wants to claim it's safe for us to drink?"

    :laugh:
  • BlueBombers
    BlueBombers Posts: 4,064 Member
    Can't you save money at home and just strain your *kitten* water over a coffee filter? It's what I do! I haven't bought bottled water in years!

    ^ This
  • Capt_Inzane
    Capt_Inzane Posts: 733 Member
    All I can remember is the video of people lighting their water on fire.

    This isn't the video I was thinking about just did a quick Google Search

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U01EK76Sy4A

    Anyways, I eat fast food, breath oxygen, and have a 5 year old so come in contact with lord knows what dirty things. If water kills me then so be it.
  • Blacklance36
    Blacklance36 Posts: 755 Member
    Just guessing....California?

    I would struggle to drink it.
  • Agent__J
    Agent__J Posts: 39
    Just guessing....California?

    I would struggle to drink it.

    Actually I am in Texas...the part that really gets me is the city council asked residents to conserve, we really took it seriously and did a great job of conservation. The city now has a shortfall in the budget due to lack of revenue from the water usage. So they are recycling toilet water and want us to pay 53% more for it. When you think about it, we have already paid for the waste water once and now they are recycling it and want us to pay more than we did for it when it didn't contain human feces and urine.

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