Bravo to all you OC'ers and enviromentalists

Moonliner · 11-27-2007, 07:54 AM

Good show to all you OC'ers out there. You are one of the first in the nation to recycle waist water back into drinking water.

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But on Nov. 30, for millions of people here in Orange County, pulling the lever will be the start of a long, intense process to purify the sewage into drinking water

A lot of the green initiatives are really just feel good smoke and mirrors but this is a real step in the right direction. I hope many more such plants will come online around the country and around the world.

Alex · 11-27-2007, 08:08 AM

I'm in favor in theory, but too many Americans already stupidly mistrust their tap water (their are local trouble spots but generally American tap water is the cleanest in the world) so this won't help. If it pushes even more people to using bottled water with its accompanying wastes and pollution could it be a net negative?

Moonliner · 11-27-2007, 08:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Alex

I'm in favor in theory, but too many Americans already stupidly mistrust their tap water (their are local trouble spots but generally American tap water is the cleanest in the world) so this won't help. If it pushes even more people to using bottled water with its accompanying wastes and pollution could it be a net negative?

Which is why they are putting the water back into the water table rather than directly into taps.

Alex · 11-27-2007, 09:46 AM

According to the article the reason they are doing that is because putting it directly into the taps is illegal.

But since the reasons most people won't drink tap water aren't particularly reasonable I don't think the fact that this one isn't reasonable (even if it were directly into the tap line) is going to save it from the PR problems when all (most) people know is that toilet water is (eventually) coming out of the faucet.

PS: I'm leaving the "waist water" typo jokes to Kevy. Or have I, by posting this inoculated against them?

Kevy Baby · 11-27-2007, 09:49 AM

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PS: I'm leaving the "waist water" typo jokes to Kevy. Or have I, by posting this inoculated against them?

Yep

Damnit

wendybeth · 11-27-2007, 09:51 AM

Tori wants to know how old you are, Kevy.

BarTopDancer · 11-27-2007, 09:54 AM

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Tori wants to know how old you are, Kevy.

He's *this many* [holds up 5 fingers] today!

Morrigoon · 11-27-2007, 10:08 AM

Well Alex, stupidly or not...

I trusted my tap water, but hearing this grosses me out.

Alex · 11-27-2007, 10:20 AM

Well, if it helps put you back on an even keel, keep in mind that all of the water you've ever consumed has at some point had the pee, poop, or decaying flesh of some creature in, on, or near it.

Fortunately, the same thing that makes homeopathy bull**** (water has no memory) makes this something that needs not be worried about (assuming that the water is properly treated on the way out).

Gemini Cricket · 11-27-2007, 10:22 AM

I like the idea, but why do I have this feeling that one day we're going to hear a story about how someone at this plant forgot to press a certain button and Mrs. McClatchy in Irvine made lemonade for her bridge club with piss water?

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Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	I'm in favor in theory, but too many Americans already stupidly mistrust their tap water (their are local trouble spots but generally American tap water is the cleanest in the world) so this won't help. If it pushes even more people to using bottled water with its accompanying wastes and pollution could it be a net negative?
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Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	According to the article the reason they are doing that is because putting it directly into the taps is illegal. But since the reasons most people won't drink tap water aren't particularly reasonable I don't think the fact that this one isn't reasonable (even if it were directly into the tap line) is going to save it from the PR problems when all (most) people know is that toilet water is (eventually) coming out of the faucet. PS: I'm leaving the "waist water" typo jokes to Kevy. Or have I, by posting this inoculated against them?
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wendybeth Nevermind Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 7,847	Tori wants to know how old you are, Kevy. __________________
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Morrigoon I throw stones at houses Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Location: Location Posts: 9,534	Well Alex, stupidly or not... I trusted my tap water, but hearing this grosses me out. __________________ http://bash.org/?top "It is useless for sheep to pass a resolution in favor of vegetarianism while wolves remain of a different opinion." -- William Randolph Inge
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Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	Well, if it helps put you back on an even keel, keep in mind that all of the water you've ever consumed has at some point had the pee, poop, or decaying flesh of some creature in, on, or near it. Fortunately, the same thing that makes homeopathy bull**** (water has no memory) makes this something that needs not be worried about (assuming that the water is properly treated on the way out).
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11-27-2007, 10:22 AM	#10
Gemini Cricket ... Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 13,244	I like the idea, but why do I have this feeling that one day we're going to hear a story about how someone at this plant forgot to press a certain button and Mrs. McClatchy in Irvine made lemonade for her bridge club with piss water?
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