Texas plant will turn sewage into drinking water
In parched West Texas, it’s often easier to drill for oil than to find new sources of water. So after years of diminishing water supplies made even worse by the second-most severe drought in state history, some communities are resorting to a plan that might have seemed absurd a generation ago: turning sewage into drinking water.
Associated Press
FORT WORTH, Texas —
In parched West Texas, it’s often easier to drill for oil than to find new sources of water. So after years of diminishing water supplies made even worse by the second-most severe drought in state history, some communities are resorting to a plan that might have seemed absurd a generation ago: turning sewage into drinking water.
Construction recently began on a $13 million water-reclamation plant believed to be the first of its kind in Texas. And officials have worked to dispel any fears that people will be drinking their neighbors’ urine, promising the system will yield clean, safe water. Some residents are prepared to put aside any squeamishness if it means having an abundant water supply.
“Any water is good water, as far as I’m concerned,” said Gary Fuqua, city manager in Big Spring, which will join the cities of Midland, Odessa and Stanton in using the water.
When the water finally reaches the tap, Fuqua said, its origin is “something I wouldn’t think about at all.”
Fort Worth Sustainable City Network
Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwww
When Texas officials tasted the water from sewage they said; “Sh*t That Taste Good!”
Kind of reminds me of the recycled food scene in 2001: A Space Odyssey.
LOL – Maybe you can drink some of that recycled water while downing one of those Japanese sh*t burgers.
-Dave
I worked for an engineering firm that designed water rec plants. Biggest prob they encountered was how to remove all the drug/medicine residue found in urine. And the design is not 100% effective. Hey Gary, not all water is good is good water…
DCG-you said it. Yuk. Ever heard what is in the water in San Francisco.?
Ohhhh! no thankyou,I don’t trust you idiots one bit. Absolutely not.
If government is incapable and could lose all the sand in a desert, they are unable to create drinkable water from sewage.