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Would You Drink This Water?

Posted by michael on from the tastes-like-chicken dept.

theodp writes "NEWater looks like any other glacier-clear bottled H20. Except, reports Salon, it gushes from the toilets of Singapore instead of a bubbling spring. NEWater is the product of Singapore's new water-treatment system, and it's wastewater that's been purified through advanced synthetic membranes called ZeeWeed, which could help 20% of the world's population that doesn't have easy access to clean water."

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  1. Re:Let's get pissed!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Redundant

    No, it works in Canada too. Here, "pissed" means drunk or angry. If Joe's pissed, you might want to ask him to buy the next round. If Joe's pissed at you, you might want to avoid him.

  2. Re:Let's get pissed!! by JDevers · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Oh, definitely I agree. Especially for the more extreme SE states (I assume you meant SE and not SW, as they don't get much rain at ALL ;). I was just discussing preconceived notions people have. Basically, most people would think it rains far more in the northwest than it really does (except for a small area where it REALLY does rain, over 100 inches a year in some places) because it is overcast there a LOT.