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Would YOU drink recycled poo?
The premier of Queensland, Australia is trying to convince people that since we are in the middle of one of the worst droughts in over a century we should start recycling our own shit and drinking that.
There was a referendum in one town (Toowoomba, now known as "Poohwoomba") to see if the residents would be open to drinking their own recycled sewrage. 62% voted no. Which means 38% of people are actually more than happy to drink their own recycled crap. What are your thoughts?
"Australian town can't stomach recycled water"
SYDNEY (Reuters) - A drought-hit Australian town could not swallow the idea of drinking recycled sewage water and rejected the water-saving option in a referendum on Saturday.
Toowoomba, 140 km (85 miles) west of the Queensland state capital Brisbane, would have become the nation's first town to supplement drinking water with recycled waste water, a practice used in Israel, Singapore, the U.S. and parts of Europe.
In the end, the "yuck factor" meant Toowoomba's 100,000 residents overwhelmingly voted against the idea despite a decade of tough water regulations resulting from the worst drought in 100 years in parts of Australia.
"The majority of the Toowoomba community does not support the indirect potable reuse of recycled water," said Australia's parliamentary secretary for water, Malcolm Turnbull.
"I respect that decision. Reuse of recycled water for drinking purposes in the manner proposed is sustainable and it is safe. But, as I have said many times, it is not compulsory."
If residents had voted "yes", 25 percent of their drinking water would have come from recycled water in a A$68 million (28 million pound) scheme. The water is filtered through a complex membrane in a process known as reverse osmosis.
Turnbull said recycling water was important for Australia as demand was expected to exceed supply from existing water sources in nearly all major Australian cities within the next 20 years.
There was a referendum in one town (Toowoomba, now known as "Poohwoomba") to see if the residents would be open to drinking their own recycled sewrage. 62% voted no. Which means 38% of people are actually more than happy to drink their own recycled crap. What are your thoughts?
"Australian town can't stomach recycled water"
SYDNEY (Reuters) - A drought-hit Australian town could not swallow the idea of drinking recycled sewage water and rejected the water-saving option in a referendum on Saturday.
Toowoomba, 140 km (85 miles) west of the Queensland state capital Brisbane, would have become the nation's first town to supplement drinking water with recycled waste water, a practice used in Israel, Singapore, the U.S. and parts of Europe.
In the end, the "yuck factor" meant Toowoomba's 100,000 residents overwhelmingly voted against the idea despite a decade of tough water regulations resulting from the worst drought in 100 years in parts of Australia.
"The majority of the Toowoomba community does not support the indirect potable reuse of recycled water," said Australia's parliamentary secretary for water, Malcolm Turnbull.
"I respect that decision. Reuse of recycled water for drinking purposes in the manner proposed is sustainable and it is safe. But, as I have said many times, it is not compulsory."
If residents had voted "yes", 25 percent of their drinking water would have come from recycled water in a A$68 million (28 million pound) scheme. The water is filtered through a complex membrane in a process known as reverse osmosis.
Turnbull said recycling water was important for Australia as demand was expected to exceed supply from existing water sources in nearly all major Australian cities within the next 20 years.
Comments
but that water is cleaned, processed and then put back into the Great lakes.... then the water we get if processed from the water in the Great lakes... thats kinda scary, 'cause lake ontaio is duhtee too!
what this has to do with anything ill never know..
62% said no while 38% said yes?!
either the 38% of the people who voted were completely drunk and oblivious as to what they were signing or I think I would barf....but wait, I would have to drink that back down wouldn't I... this is disgusting and very interesting all at the same time...I want to know why 38% of them said yes...
That is one scary truth........
62% said no while 38% said yes?!
either the 38% of the people who voted were completely drunk and oblivious as to what they were signing or I think I would barf....but wait, I would have to drink that back down wouldn't I... this is disgusting and very interesting all at the same time...I want to know why 38% of them said yes...
The reason this is being discussed in Australia right now is because at the moment we are running out of water. For the last few years the country has been in the grip of the worst drought in the last one hundred years. We have massive water restrictions already (For example, our water pressure has been decreased so we use less water when we shower, and we can only water the garden or wash our cars on certain days at certain times depending on your house number. Using hoses is completely banned etc.) but the water levels are still decreasing due to lack of rain. When it does rain, often the rain falls on the coast and not inland where our dams are and since the land is so dry we flood.
So anyway, yeah, we're desperate for water. There are a few solutions to the water crisis such as building new dams (which wont' really help until it starts raining again), building a desalinisation plant (where you take the salt out of salt water) and so on. Recycling used water (sewrage) is another option.
Basically, we're desperate. Studies show that drinking recycled water is perfectly healthy, but most people are too bothered by thinking that what they are drinking has already been passed through a human body. So 32% are more interested in having more access to water than they are bothered by the thought of drinking recycled water.
After all, when you think about it ALL water is recycled crap. After all, fish shit.
For sure. Part of me thinks they should have just made us drink sewrage and then years down the track been like, "HA! YOU'VE BEEN DRINKING SEWRAGE FOR YEARS, WE TOLD YOU IT'S NO DIFFERENT TO NORMAL WATER!" and everyone would have to concede that drinking recycled water ain't such a big deal.
But there's definitely good reason as to why they didn't do that. Pissed off public and all.
By the way, I'm in good ol' clean melbourne
By the way, I'm in good ol' clean melbourne
WEEE! HELLO FELLOW AUSTRALIAN.
PS It's a good thing you're a Melbournian because I love Melbourne and its people. I just got back from a holiday to Melbourne during my winter break. Tasmanians on the other hand... lols
Tasmania is an island off the south east coast of Australia. It used to be part of the mainland Australia but is no more.
It is the butt of many jokes in Australia. Everyone in Tasmania is considered an inbred. We love to take the piss out of them.
Tribal people? Whales?
... They have webbed feet?
Damn Americans.
But yeah Tasmania is still a state of Australia
Smirk-ity. Lols. Convicts technically didn't start it. The british started it, convicts were what it was for. And it is true that Australians believe we are more important in the world than we really are. There's a reason no one has bombed us yet. It's 'cause we're a novelty. What happens here is really of no consequence to the rest of the world. hehehe.
That reminds me of one of my favorite songs...