I grew up in Bahrain which is in the Middle East. Bahrain is a little island located east of Saudi Arabia in the Persian Gulf. The natural fresh water supply was is very limited.
As far as I know I grew up on processes water. Most of the water (drinking, washing, and pretty much anything else) comes from either the sea or processed sewage water. I would drive by the processing plant every day almost... man it stinks.
BUT, getting to the point! Processed water when done right is completely safe to drink or to use for anything else. I'm currently living in Texas and when I've told people about the processed sewage water I get weird stares. It's almost as if the thought that the water comes from sewage completely negates the fact that it's also perfectly safe to drink.
Yes people, through the miracle of what we call science, we did figure out a way to make sewage water drinkable. It has been in popular use in areas where there are limited supplies of fresh water.
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I grew up in Bahrain which is in the Middle East. Bahrain is a little island located east of Saudi Arabia in the Persian Gulf. The natural fresh water supply was is very limited. As far as I know I grew up on processes water. Most of the water (drinking, washing, and pretty much anything else) comes from either the sea or processed sewage water. I would drive by the processing plant every day almost... man it stinks. BUT, getting to the point! Processed water when done right is completely safe to drink or to use for anything else. I'm currently living in Texas and when I've told people about the processed sewage water I get weird stares. It's almost as if the thought that the water comes from sewage completely negates the fact that it's also perfectly safe to drink. Yes people, through the miracle of what we call science, we did figure out a way to make sewage water drinkable. It has been in popular use in areas where there are limited supplies of fresh water.