Queensland to drink waste water
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Queenslanders to drink recycled, processed and purified waste water. So what? You think the birds and animals in your catchment areas all judiciously avoid taking a wizz anywhere near the water that's bound for your tap? Sorry, but I'm a little over the hype and emotion that's domineered this debate. We have purification plants. The water will be tested, and will in all likelihood be purer than that expensive bottled water that's on the shelves. We're running short on water and it doesn't look like a problem that's going away anytime soon so let's all just get over it and move on.
cheers, Chris Maunder
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LOL - don't go and bring logic into what is, after all, an emotional debate, and great fodder for the current affairs shows, who will, no doubt, be up in arms, and yet offer no viable alternatives.
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I'm on-line therefore I am. JimmyRopesWhoop-dee-dooo! I read a statistic that if you drink London tap water then it has already passed through at least 7 humans already.
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I'm on-line therefore I am. JimmyRopesAnyone who is worried about this, should do their bit by installing tanks and catching rainwater. Otherwise, they should be thankful the tap works at all.
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I'm on-line therefore I am. JimmyRopesI knew there was an explanation for Australian beer!
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I'm on-line therefore I am. JimmyRopesWe drink our own waste here in the UK (often after treatment), and I couldn't really care less. So long as the previous owner took good care of themselves and had a good, healthy diet, it can save a fortune over buying flavoured spring water. Sometimes a good roast meal can be shared between three or four people before the juicy bits get completely filtered out. In all seriousness, recycled water is usually of a better drinking quality than natural water. The rules governing sewage treatment are far stricter than those governing drinking water treatment.
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Whoop-dee-dooo! I read a statistic that if you drink London tap water then it has already passed through at least 7 humans already.
Upcoming events: * Glasgow Geek Dinner (5th March) * Glasgow: Tell us what you want to see in 2007 My: Website | Blog | Photos
Well, yeah. Where do you think the outflow from the sewage works upstream goes? That's right - straight back into the river!
Stability. What an interesting concept. -- Chris Maunder
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We drink our own waste here in the UK (often after treatment), and I couldn't really care less. So long as the previous owner took good care of themselves and had a good, healthy diet, it can save a fortune over buying flavoured spring water. Sometimes a good roast meal can be shared between three or four people before the juicy bits get completely filtered out. In all seriousness, recycled water is usually of a better drinking quality than natural water. The rules governing sewage treatment are far stricter than those governing drinking water treatment.
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I'm so gangsta I eat cereal without the milkDavid Wulff wrote:
We drink our own waste here in the UK
That reminds me of Terry Pratchett's description of the river Ankh: Any water which has passed through so many kidneys had to be pure.
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Whoop-dee-dooo! I read a statistic that if you drink London tap water then it has already passed through at least 7 humans already.
Upcoming events: * Glasgow Geek Dinner (5th March) * Glasgow: Tell us what you want to see in 2007 My: Website | Blog | Photos
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I knew there was an explanation for Australian beer!
Legally you're only actually allowed to diss Aussie beer if a) You are talking about actual Australian beer, and not rebranded Molson, Bud, Miller or any of the other "beers" that they sell over there while besmirching the good name of Australia b) You have personally, under laboratory conditions (ie in an actual Australian Pub) tasted every single Aussie beer excepting VB, Fosters, XXXX and Swan Lager. These are decoys set out for tourists. c) Said beer has been verified by 3 independant witnesses to be i) Fresh from the tap and not the remnants of last night's empties ii) At acceptable drinking temperature. That does not include anything above cold. iii)Free from any encumberances including lemon slices, small umbrellas or mixers such as soda, mineral water or lemonade.
cheers, Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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Chris Maunder wrote:
Do you get to choose which 7?
I'm not really sure I want to know where you are going with this. I'm sure it wouldn't be kid sister safe.
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I knew there was an explanation for Australian beer!
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Whoop-dee-dooo! I read a statistic that if you drink London tap water then it has already passed through at least 7 humans already.
Upcoming events: * Glasgow Geek Dinner (5th March) * Glasgow: Tell us what you want to see in 2007 My: Website | Blog | Photos
Colin Angus Mackay wrote:
if you drink London tap water then it has already passed through at least 7 humans already
Who in their right mind drinks London tap water? :doh: I thought that is why beer was invented! :cool:
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