Water Reuse: Toilet to Tap Readies Itself For the Limelight
January 20, 2015 : Santa Barbara, CA : BWW
:
The
idea
of
creating
water
from
human
excrement
and
wastewater
is
nothing
new.
The
idea
certainly
has
merit
for
a
number
of
reasons
including
water
scarcity
and
drought.
But
will
consumers
want
to
drink
water
that
has
been
culled
from
human
waste?
Commonly
called
"toilet
to
tap"
the
practice,
is
also
known
as
"direct
potable
reuse"
or
"reclaimed"
or
"recycled
water,"
and
is
not
new.
The
city
of
Windhoek,
Namibia,
population
250,000,
famously
has
been
using
it
since
1968.
But
the
concept
of
toilet-to-tap,
a
term
that
its
proponents
would
rather
you
didn't
use,
has
been
a
tough
sell
to
consumers.
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