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Would You Drink Recycled Waste Water?

January 29th 2007 05:50

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Sometimes I wonder whether or not all the Aussie politicians ever get together and watch a pirated copy of a movie like Borat. It would certainly explain their sudden inclination towards drinking recycled waste water.

But that's besides the point. The point of this post is to break some good news and some bad news, so here goes.

The good news is that Morris Iemma has today denied rumours that the people of NSW will be forced to drink recyled waste water after the state elections in March if water levels drop any further.

The bad news is for the Queenslanders. Premier Peter Beattie today indicated that they'll be drinking recycled water by the end of next year due to the drought-stricken state they are in.

I must admit, I'm no expert in the field of sewerage water purification and I don't really understand how this process is really going to work but my first thoughts about drinking recycled waste water are not exactly positive.

How can something like that be good for you? Even if it is scientifically proven, science is not always fool-proof. Or am I just an ignorant citizen?

Maybe. But that just means that the government needs to spend some money on educating us about what this water recycling process involves and how water quality can be guaranteed.

I wanna know what I'm drinking and I want quality assurance. Until then, having the choice to say 'yes' or 'no', I would definitely have to decline.

What would you do?

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Comment by Ahmed

January 29th 2007 12:23

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It has been independantly tested, the results show that recycled water is in fact cleaner than none recycled.

It's safe enough for me and you, the fear is unjustified.

Comment by Cibbuano

January 30th 2007 00:12

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I'm totally for it in Australia. It's one of the driest places in the world, but people still expect to be able to use the same amount of water.

The water situation in Sydney is bizarre... the catchment area gets no rain at all, but the coast gets quite a bit...

Comment by Legally Brunette

January 30th 2007 00:23

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Ahmed, do you think there are too many people like me who just don't know enough about it?And do you think it might help to call it something else other than "recycled waste water"? Just doesn't sound like it would be clean, you know...?

Cibbo, I totally agree that something needs to be done about our water situation and I realise a desalination system would cost heaps but I think I prefer that to a recycled waste water system.

Comment by Ahmed

January 30th 2007 07:20

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yeah it doesn't sound clean, I was thinking something like distilled (spelling?) water since that is what it essentially is.

It is cleaner than regular water, something like 80% I think (in terms of poo poo

) and well, way within the safety limits.

There should be an education campaign thingy going on so people don't freak out about it, just see how safe it really is.

Comment by Adrienne

February 10th 2007 22:55

Hmm, interesting post- have you seen Waterworld?

Comment by Legally Brunette

February 11th 2007 08:40

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No, I haven't! IS that the one with Kevin Costner?

Comment by Nickoftime's Sanity Corner

April 12th 2007 23:42

Living now as I do here in Southern California we have alot of the same issues with our water as you guys have...our beaches, rivers and streams are constantly being polluted by sewage waste from nearby Mexico...our water comes from some aqueduct in Los Angeles, not known for it's cleanliness either...so, what I do is to only drink good bottled water...I even use it for ice cubes, tea, coffee and anything that requires water for cooking...everything else is used for showers, watering my lawns and washing clothes in...If you tasted the water that comes outta these taps you'd swear they were trying to poison us..I even give my animals bottled water to drink it's THAT bad here! And now they want us to consider drinking re-treated waste water...are they freakin NUTS??? God give us strength...what ya wanna bet that the politicians who are trying to pour this crap down our throats wouldn't let re-treated water pass their lips! Great blog! Fight the system! lol

Take care,

Nick

Comment by Ahmed

April 12th 2007 23:46

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You might consider drinking re-treated water.

It is CLEANER than standard tap water which tastes alright (here in Australia at least

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