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Wednesday, November 15, 2006 - (see all news for this day)
recycled sewage water - 08:06 AM
(filed under 'green living')
there's a big issue going on around queensland at the moment about whether or not recycled sewage water will be brought in as our only optoin for drinking water. there's a major drought on, & most of queensland's dams are only a third full. for those reasons, we're on major water restrictions in a bid to save as much water as possible.
in regard to the recycled sewage water issue, i think the people that are against it simply don't understand. firstly, many seem to not realise that we're wasting so much water doing everyday things like flushing the toilet with drinking water. it's a pity most houses aren't fitted with the ability to use grey water for things which don't need fresh, drinkable water. so we need to be reusing water wherever we can!
secondly, i don't think that they understand that the water we're drinking now from our taps is already full of all sorts of other crap (excuse the pun) which we probably shouldn't be consuming. as far as i understand (& correct me if i'm wrong) water that's recycled from sewage water would be far more purified than what we're currently drinking.
it seems to me that those that are against this are kind of like those that were against queensland having daylight savings when we had a referendum about it several years ago. some came up with reasons against it like "my curtains will fade" .. you know, because of the 'increased' daylight hours. *rolls eyes* they weren't joking. they really believed that by changing the clocks we would be creating more sunlight hours. that's just embarrassing.
when people who are against the use of recycled sewage water make comments such as "it's like having a gun with a few bullets in the chamber & hoping you don't get the bullet," & "i don't believe they can adequately clean the water, particularly harmful chemicals that are in common use", it makes me believe that they're uneducated on the fact that we're putting all of that stuff into our water everyday now, the same water which we drink!! what do they think happens to all the cleaning chemicals most people flush down the drain everyday? do they just disappear into the ether?
education. people need education. either that or we simply need to wait for the people who are too old & set in their ways to die off so that we can start doing things to the environment that make more sense. let's hope that happens before we kill ourselves with the terrible environmental habits we currently use every single day.
sorry, but more. recovery of drinking water from sewage is one way. desalination of seawater is another but way more expensive. recovery is way more logical and affordable.
A similar scheme got shut down here a while back too, I can't remember which area of NZ it was. They just don't seem to get that a drought means the options for getting water is limiting, and maybe they need to let go of the gross-out factor, listen to the facts and research, and really consider it as an option.
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your comments are right on (oops...showing my age). sadly, but true, this rock will be a better place when this species is gone. perhaps harsh, but all so true. as a species we are so arrogant that we've unbalanced nature to the point that the state of the environment and fauna may never recover. the bologists are right, the insects will eventually rule this planet. okay....off the soap box. lol