You might be drinking Toilet Water !!!

[MurderMayhem666]

:) Hello everyone, I have recently found out about a Government program called "Toilet to Tap". This program takes sewer waste and turns it into drinkable water. I don't know about any of you but from now on I will only be drinking bottled water. :)http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/features/us/jan-june08/water_2-11.html

:D Oh, and if you don't like to read here is a video I found. :D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFBSMy6QjFo

[tatsuya1221]

:) Hello everyone, I have recently found out about a Government program called "Toilet to Tap". This program takes sewer waste and turns it into drinkable water. I don't know about any of you but from now on I will only be drinking bottled water. :)http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/features/us/jan-june08/water_2-11.html

:D Oh, and if you don't like to read here is a video I found. :D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFBSMy6QjFo

It's a good thing i have well water lol.

Actually it's been being done in my state in some areas for years.

[Klendathu]

Yeah I think this has been going on for years.
A student at some High School proved that the toilet water was cleaner than the fountain water at their school.

[Iconoclast]

"Recycling water is not a new concept. There is evidence that some communities reused sewage water for irrigation more than 5,000 years ago."

Waste water treatment plants are older than just a matter of "years". If you guys were lucky you could have known about this since First Grade.

And definitely the fountain water is essentially murky with various chemicals, pretty much like saliva, but it's not necessarily because it was formally sewer water. One reason they probably don't teach you guys about this kind of thing early is because it's actually well processed, and they would rather hide this. :P

[SofaKing]

I also have well water so this isnt a proublem for me. But is still drink from bottled water anyway, i dont trust stuff that comes up from the ground.

[Viney]

so im guessing you dont like vegetables then do you? sofa.

[tatsuya1221]

I also have well water so this isnt a proublem for me. But is still drink from bottled water anyway, i dont trust stuff that comes up from the ground.

Technically bottled water comes from the ground too you know.

[Kameo]

Read here http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23503485 for all the crap found in US drinking water supplies.

Key findings
Here are some of the key test results obtained by the AP:

Officials in Philadelphia said testing there discovered 56 pharmaceuticals or byproducts in treated drinking water, including medicines for pain, infection, high cholesterol, asthma, epilepsy, mental illness and heart problems. Sixty-three pharmaceuticals or byproducts were found in the city’s watersheds.
Anti-epileptic and anti-anxiety medications were detected in a portion of the treated drinking water for 18.5 million people in Southern California.
Researchers at the U.S. Geological Survey analyzed a Passaic Valley Water Commission drinking water treatment plant, which serves 850,000 people in Northern New Jersey, and found a metabolized angina medicine and the mood-stabilizing carbamazepine in drinking water.
A sex hormone was detected in San Francisco’s drinking water.
The drinking water for Washington, D.C., and surrounding areas tested positive for six pharmaceuticals.
Three medications, including an antibiotic, were found in drinking water supplied to Tucson, Ariz.

[MurderMayhem666]

Read here http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23503485 for all the crap found in US drinking water supplies.

Key findings
Here are some of the key test results obtained by the AP:

Officials in Philadelphia said testing there discovered 56 pharmaceuticals or byproducts in treated drinking water, including medicines for pain, infection, high cholesterol, asthma, epilepsy, mental illness and heart problems. Sixty-three pharmaceuticals or byproducts were found in the city’s watersheds.
Anti-epileptic and anti-anxiety medications were detected in a portion of the treated drinking water for 18.5 million people in Southern California.
Researchers at the U.S. Geological Survey analyzed a Passaic Valley Water Commission drinking water treatment plant, which serves 850,000 people in Northern New Jersey, and found a metabolized angina medicine and the mood-stabilizing carbamazepine in drinking water.
A sex hormone was detected in San Francisco’s drinking water.
The drinking water for Washington, D.C., and surrounding areas tested positive for six pharmaceuticals.
Three medications, including an antibiotic, were found in drinking water supplied to Tucson, Ariz.


:shocked: I'm never gonna drink "Tap" again. :shocked:

[Pizza1295]

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no more tap water for me

[Kameo]

Hey, free meds with Ur drinking water, doesn't sound too bad. :p

[Iconoclast]

I'm sure that just means it is actually not treated as thoroughly in some states as in others. There's obviously more than just waste left over at times....

Anything facilitation to the sure public without a doubt that means: Stay away from. Man I know this girl who carries a water bottle on her and fills it up using the water fountains. Wisconsin is said to be very water rich and very water poor at the same time, and that is in part because of the treatment dedication.

[Pizza1295]

the thought of it though is just.....EWWWWWWWWW

[Agent Smith]

Yeah well what also is new.
Nothing and I mean nothing suprises me anymore.

[bleeblee47]

Hey, water's always gonna be dirty. I mean animals live in there. At least the government is trying to clean it up a little. And bottled water can contain things you don't want to drink anyways. Make sure to read the labels, cause they use all kinds of toxins to "purify" water, no matter how you get it. So in the long run it does not matter what you drink. As long as you don't get typhoid, cholera, or dysentery.

[Pizza1295]

zephyr hills!!!!!

[Doregushin]

NO. ****ING. ****.
Water goes in a cycle, it starts as water then condenses into the clouds, where then it rains. Where the rain goes can be anywhere, from into a river to down into our sewage pipes. If you JUST found that out you're a complete moron.

[Iconoclast]

Perhaps none of you really got the gist of what I said.

If there's a wastewater treatment plant or methods for over 5,000 years, there has to be waste water to treat. ;) It just gets processed and removed of **** :D very nicely you would be surprised

[inducedconductance]

water is for the toilet, I drink brawndo. Its got electrolytes. its got what humans crave. (idiocracy, watch it!)

[Klendathu]

water is for the toilet, I drink brawndo. Its got electrolytes. its got what humans crave. (idiocracy, watch it!)

It's what plants want.

Doregushin let's try and watch what we say to others.

[1337Aznboy]

Never use school tap waterz

[MurderMayhem666]

Never use school tap waterz

:D I know, I remember when I was a little kid after recess and standing at the waterfountain and downing a bunch of water. It makes me sick. :D

[Darudeboy]

Lol, imagine how shocked you're going to be when you do a little research and discover that almost all bottled water is actually tap water. Google, the truth about bottled water.

[MurderMayhem666]

Lol, imagine how shocked you're going to be when you do a little research and discover that almost all bottled water is actually tap water. Google, the truth about bottled water.

:D I know man, we have no shelter anywhere. :D

[R.P.D]

p[oland spring is like the only one that is not thatds why all the other bottles now by law have to say "filtered water"

[MurderMayhem666]

p[oland spring is like the only one that is not thatds why all the other bottles now by law have to say "filtered water"

:confused: Poland Spring ??? I am gonna have to google them. :confused:

[R.P.D]

:confused: Poland Spring ??? I am gonna have to google them. :confused:

ypu have never heard of poland spring?? where do you live? africa?
if you do watch out chris redfield has been taking his =vitamins and is on his way to your grass hut to take you and your whole family out!

[crash]

well i have 3 houses and one in the mountains i could get water from the river near by :)

[MurderMayhem666]

well i have 3 houses and one in the mountains i could get water from the river near by :)

:confused: You have 3 houses in the fantasy world, or in real life ??? :confused:

[kaosdeity]

Do NOT drink tap water, especially in New York. There are so many people taking antidepressants in NY that they cannot filter it all out. Knowing what we know about antidepressants, this means the water in NY may make you KILL yourself.

[Agent Smith]

You know with all this talk about Toilet Tap Water and how bad it is for you, I say so the hell what you might be eating Mad Cow Tainted Beef for all you know (Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies). What diffrence does it make. Because we cannot clean our water to 100% or some ******* or *******s had the bright idea to feed cows, who are normally herbivores and eat grass the leftovers and parts in a form of meat and bone meal to cows. I say what can we do about it. NOTHING.... SO LIVE AND LET DIE....

[ultimatefighter]

wtf ill never drink water again,ill go to romania get bitten by a vampire and in that way ill only need blood.

[crash]

:confused: You have 3 houses in the fantasy world, or in real life ??? :confused:

in the real life,ive got one in the mountains in which i live with my grandfather,the other house i have is a dead property that we have been trying to sell it for years,and the last one is 2000 miles from where i live there lives my father(because he works there).

[orange_julius]

big conspiracy is big

[SirAllred]

Actually it's been being done in my state in some areas for years.

We've been doing it for years.

Actually all water technically by now is some way or another sewer water, from years of sewage flow into open seas and lakes.

Most allready gets filtered, naturally, or by means of simple filtering (sand).

Most of the sewage here is pumped into lakes and rivers, with its natural order to break it down, and renew.

Not that damn fascinating.

I don't know about any of you but from now on I will only be drinking bottled water.

and even Bottled Water comes from the same godamn source.

it's not like somebody syntheticly raised and grew the water.

[Stone Cold]

What is water? Stone Cold only drinks some good damn beer!!!

[kudakitsune23]

This has been going on for years. Being from New Orleans, I drink bottled water mostly, since most of the water in the region is toxic.
A while back on the Stephen Colbert Report, a guest introduced a water purifier that can distill clean water from waste. It may be a good idea for nations that desperately need water but the thought still gives me shudders.
heres a link to that segment:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eqg1Hu0PMG0
If youre absolutely too worried about tap water I would get a filter for the faucet in your home.

[SirAllred]

Hopefully that wont be needed, and we won't need it unless we go through another water limitation problem like in the late 90's.

California/Nevada specially, regarding a literal limit to how much you can use per month.

[teridax]

What is water? Stone Cold only drinks some good damn beer!!!

your aware there is water in beer right?

hell theres water in almost everything

[axel1]

Water is a precious resource, I'd be willing to drink recycled if need be. But I rather we implemented recycled water into things like reusable toilet flushing water, garden sprinkling water and other forms of wasteful water usage.

[iAkiyoshi]

Why do have to remind me that water come from the dirty sea/recycle water.
It makes me want to puke. But on second thought, 15 post makes me feel so delighted .

[jsf]

they have been doing that in Sweden since before i was even born , and the water here is as clean as it can get

[shin0609]

better that we are drinking water from a drinking station

[monkeyjr63]

Whew( I think that's how it's spelled ) I'm glad I have a well.

[Bizarre Jelly]

Thank god I only drink coke and Dr.Pepper.....

[femmenoir]

I'm okay with this. As long as we've cleaned it. Nature cleans water all the time. Look at the Amazon. It's brown because of sediment floating around but otherwise you could drink it without a problem. I trust human ingenuity enough to service me with clean water when I visit the city, and enjoy well water when I live in the country.

[raidersfan]

hmmm, crap water.

[Tecseiryu, Hacker for You]

*Good Grief*

That's THE grossest thing ever!

:shocked:

Yep, I'm with the guys who have well-water!

Awesomeliciousness = Nonsewer water

[Pizza1295]

this thread is still going? man this has been out for like a year guys :skep:e

[Tecseiryu, Hacker for You]

Yeah, well, no one really bothers to post so...

What you've got is what you've got. I would love to see new interesting threads. I've made a few myself, to bring back some life on the board, but when no one posts, no new threads are made, when no new threads are made the forum becomes stagnate... So, what you've got is what you've got.

Peace Out.~

[Keyblade Knight]

ugh that's gross.:skep: i know it's cleaned up but it still makes me queasy just thinking about it.:(

[Pizza1295]

Yeah, well, no one really bothers to post so...

What you've got is what you've got. I would love to see new interesting threads. I've made a few myself, to bring back some life on the board, but when no one posts, no new threads are made, when no new threads are made the forum becomes stagnate... So, what you've got is what you've got.

Peace Out.~
i just found it funny a thread on drinking toilet water has almost lasted a year ^^

i wasn't exactly surprised when i first read this, somewhat, but if you think about it, do they just dump the water in the sewers? yes, but i'm sure us people who need water are willing to clean toilet water so they can live, i guess

[Dudel]

I'm not sure what the surprise or "shock" from this all is.

Even NATRUAL water gets filtered by the earth and reused... so it rains animal **** and **** water, anyway. Skipping a step and doing it ourselves is actually a really good idea.

Not only am I NOT shocked, I'm now thirsty... excuse me.

[RetulAmora]

I really don't care if i'm drinking toilet water. Then again my location is right by one of the largest fresh-water lakes so if it's too much of a problem i'll just go out and get my own.

[Andreine]

Maybe this is why the tap water in my city tastes like crap.

[RetulAmora]

Maybe this is why the tap water in my city tastes like crap.


Lol perhaps XDXDXD

[white_wulf]

its treated and filyterend enough to remove such tastes and flavours

[Neo Gaara]

I have no real problem with drinking recycled water, as long as its safe to drink overall and doesn't cause any problems for my body. I mean if you're really serious about your water you'd buy a water filter and use it then you'd steam distill that water too or clean it again some other way. Better yet why not break up the water Molecules and pick the dirt off them.

[RetulAmora]

Lol. Exactly.. If it gives ye no harm then it shant be trifled with.

[merc]

That explains the disclaimer “May contain traces of nuts”... i'm guessin it's not nuts after all!!! :shocked:


CheerZ merc

[Maynard_G_Krebs]

Might be drinking toilet water? Do you know how long it would take for me to get to my sink late at night...?

;)

[wrpen99]

ya...good thing i don't drink tap...but we do use it to clean our dishes...OH ****!!!

[lolwtfrachael]

ewwwww that's so gross, thank god for wells

[dagul]

dang thats nasty

[Randy.Molden]

yep im going back to deer ****, i mean park

[jony360]

ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh commonnnnnnnnnnnnnnn discastinggg lolol jajajajaja

[Elraine]

*sigh* That Is not something I wanted to know.

[LordMechanar]

:) Hello everyone, I have recently found out about a Government program called "Toilet to Tap". This program takes sewer waste and turns it into drinkable water. I don't know about any of you but from now on I will only be drinking bottled water. :)http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/features/us/jan-june08/water_2-11.html

:D Oh, and if you don't like to read here is a video I found. :D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFBSMy6QjFo
My goodness god :shocked:

[CodenameAdidas]

its always online of time

[D.W.]

It cleanse the water taking only H2o and filtering out the sewage that moves with the water, bleach it to kill the leftovers and serve it as tap water. So yeah like everyone says it's nothing new.

[Smurfkiller921]

I haven't drank any tap water since I was in high school.

[Mallen]

People do realise taht technically all water has been recycled in some way or another rain is made up of all kinds of water, including waste water.

[Draye]

ignorance is bliss

what people wont know wont hurt em, and ill "try" to forget or not care about this since i drink lots of water to keep hydrated for sports..

[gangstah-clown]

I honestly don't care. I'm track athelete, so water in any way, shape, or form, is good after a workout in 90+ temperature.

[zgmiletich]

I thought there was technology that purifies tap water, let alone toilet water.

BTW, I would never drink water from the toilet. :mad:

[yoshickento]

I've known that since I was a child. A lot of people are not aware that bottled water is less regulated then tap water. the people who freak out over that are the same people who stop eating ground beef or hotdogs once they find out what it is.

[ichigodemon88]

so im guessing you dont like vegetables then do you? sofa.

veggie eater=rabbit meat eater=T-REX .... down with veggies! be a t-rex!

[ichigodemon88]

there's poo in muh water...:shocked:

[Pizza1295]

man, this is easily the longest living thread that wasn't expected to live very long

and yes, I revived it again, now I can scar a few more noobies :D

[AlessaSmile]

:) Hello everyone, I have recently found out about a Government program called "Toilet to Tap". This program takes sewer waste and turns it into drinkable water.
What a catchy name. Sounds like a teabagger came up with it.

To "turn" sewage into water is a misnomer. You just have to flood it with waste-eating bacteria, then boil it. The result is that nothing's really left behind but pure water. (For extra caution you can even distill it, since that collects pure water vapor and re-condenses it in a theoretically clean container.)

OP, out of curiosity, did you sleep through every science class you ever took, or are you just one of these hippy-dippy loons who believes in homeopathy? Water doesn't have any "memory" of what's been in it, and nature recycles water just the same way--though it takes longer in nature's case, because instead of boiling, it has to evaporate and rain back down again. :/

And I'm not sure where those of you who talk about having wells think that water comes from. Wells are just holes dug deep into the earth to collect what's called "groundwater". As the name implies, groundwater is water that collects in underground pockets between clumps of soil. And soil, as those of us who paid attention in school already know, is worm poop. So...bravo, guys. You're actually consuming more feces in every glass than people on city water.

I don't know about any of you but from now on I will only be drinking bottled water. :)

Uh, OP? I really hope I'm not the first person to tell you that bottled water is tap water--but even if I am, it is.

[fcf813]

If you have well water, you probably have a septic system. Where do you think the water from your toilet goes after it drains into your septic field?

[AlessaSmile]

If you have well water, you probably have a septic system. Where do you think the water from your toilet goes after it drains into your septic field?

Yes, exactly. Unless you have a septic tank (which might sometimes overflow anyway), it's just going right into the ground.

[White_Pine]

I think that most people are overreacting. I mean inagine if they did it without any sorts of public announcment. Would any of you notice any difference? Of course not! So why make such a big fuss out of something so small?