High-res photo mothernaturenetwork: After years of diminishing water supplies made even worse by drought, some areas are resorting to a plan that might have seemed absurd a generation ago: turning sewage into drinking water. Officials have worked to dispel any fears that people will be drinking their neighbors’ urine, promising that the system will yield clean, safe water. Quite a few places in the world do this already, especially if they do not have access to fresh water.

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After years of diminishing water supplies made even worse by drought, some areas are resorting to a plan that might have seemed absurd a generation ago: turning sewage into drinking water. Officials have worked to dispel any fears that people will be drinking their neighbors’ urine, promising that the system will yield clean, safe water.

Quite a few places in the world do this already, especially if they do not have access to fresh water.

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    And this is why I drink spring water and rain water.
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    the US is always so effin late.
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    few places in the world do this already, especially if they do not
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  17. faceyournemesis reblogged this from empty-lives and added:
    And it taste different because it’s cleaner than tap water. Like distilled water. But cleaner. Lol you get what I mean.
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  21. esotercon reblogged this from loveforearth and added:
    We’ve been doing this for ages. Lol, not even a big deal to us now.
  22. empty-lives reblogged this from sociopoliticaldribble and added:
    Well, in Singapore, this is already happening. It’s been happening for more than 10 years already.
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    Well this answers my question. The other day I was thinking about...conservation tactics...
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