Recycled Water: Is it the Wave of the Future?

Many young idealists ask me why we don’t just don’t just take the wastewater we’re cleaning, clean it up some more, and drink it?  The short answer is most people think it is disgusting.  Water professionals might say that is kind of what happens anyway.  If you’re interested in finding out more about these issues, here are links to some informative articles.

Reused Olympic Waters (Drink Tap, Aug. 1, 2012)

Olympic Water Recycling: Gross or Green? (Petru, A., Earth911, July 26, 2012)

Reclaimed Water for Drinking: Safe but Still a Tough Sell (Than, K.,  National Geographic News, January 31, 2011)

Report: Wastewater Preferable to Wasting Water (Koch, W., USA Today, January 11, 2012)

Why Cleaned Water Stays Dirty in Our Minds (Spiegel, A., NPR, August 11, 2011)

The Delicate Art of Promoting Recycled Water (Dolqueist, L. A., Environmental Leader, April 18, 2011)

From Wastewater to Drinking Water (Cho, R., State of the Planet, April 4, 2011)

From Toilet to Tap: How We Get Water from Sewage (Chu, K., USA Today, March 4, 2011)

Olympics 2012: London is Ready—Amazing Structures (Rodrigeuz, J., About.com, March 13, 2011)

Treating Sewage for Drinking Water (Kemsley, J., Chemical & Engineering News, Jan. 28, 2008)

Where Water Reuse is Happening