Veggies Grown With Toilet Water Could Be Headed to Your Table

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In the past several years, California’s drought has cut back water supplies for many growers, forcing them to fallow fields. Though much of California has been deluged with precipitation this year, scientists warn that the wet weather won’t last. Climate change is expected to make the state’s dry-and-drenched extremes even more drastic.

To maintain the state’s agricultural might, farmers will need new water sources that won’t dry up in the next drought.

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https://www.wired.com/2017/05/veggies-grown-toilet-water-headed-table/

 

[Rorschach]

I think they do it in South Africa as well - nothing really new about this.

Treated effluent is actually discarded into the catchment's local river/stream/brook.

And you guessed it, a separate plant downstream treats the river water for consumption. In this light, using treated effluent for irrigation doesn't seem wild at all.

 

[Admin]

I think they do it in South Africa as well - nothing really new about this.

Treated effluent is actually discarded into the catchment's local river/stream/brook.

And you guessed it, a separate plant downstream treats the river water for consumption. In this light, using treated effluent for irrigation doesn't seem wild at all.

How did you learn this? Are you interested in growing vegetables?

 

[Rorschach]

How did you learn this? Are you interested in growing vegetables?

I work in the water industry bro.