Drink more sewage!

[Strawberry Bivi]

This isn't very appetising.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6056206.stm

[Matilde]

http://www.luftwerbung.de/Kaltluftballons/Luftballonbilder/Evian-1.jpg

[Teresa]

Ewww don't fancy that.

[Ms Sunflower]

Actually I can't see much wrong with it. It'd obviously have to be cleaned, treated, purified and filtered so much that there would be no trace of anything that shouldn't be in there being there. After all, water resevoirs are often open and pollution, wildlife and it's waste and rubbish can enter them. It's just treated and purified when it's to be used.

[Matilde]

I may be massively wrong here, but my concern is things being left in the water like antibiotics, drugs, hormones from the pill etc that are more difficult to remove.

[Vickytoria]

If they could remove all the nasty things then i wouldnt have a problem with it..i just wouldnt think about it very much!

[Angie]

Actually I can't see much wrong with it. It'd obviously have to be cleaned, treated, purified and filtered so much that there would be no trace of anything that shouldn't be in there being there. After all, water resevoirs are often open and pollution, wildlife and it's waste and rubbish can enter them. It's just treated and purified when it's to be used.

:agree:

Although I'm not sure about the effectiveness of removing anibiotics, etc, as matilde mentioned, but presumably they wouldn't let us drink it if it wasn't completely safe.

Agree with the article though that the droughts are as much to do with the water companies down south wasting money and not repairing leaks, etc, as they are the weather.

[Strawberry Bivi]

I have heard about fish becoming infertile due to contraceptive hormones in rivers so I'm sceptical about the removal process.