Comments on: Sewage water to drinking water http://polizeros.com/2008/01/02/sewage-water-to-drinking-water/ Musings on politics: anti-war, global warming, peak oil and otherwise Thu, 08 Jan 2009 00:59:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Ten Bears http://polizeros.com/2008/01/02/sewage-water-to-drinking-water/comment-page-1/#comment-147061 Ten Bears Thu, 03 Jan 2008 02:53:46 +0000 http://polizeros.com/2008/01/02/sewage-water-to-drinking-water/#comment-147061 Wonder why it took so long to figure it out what we in the hinterlands have known for generations. <i>Animals</i>, crap in their backyards. Wonder why it took so long to figure it out what we in the hinterlands have known for generations. Animals, crap in their backyards.

]]> By: DJ http://polizeros.com/2008/01/02/sewage-water-to-drinking-water/comment-page-1/#comment-147052 DJ Wed, 02 Jan 2008 23:31:41 +0000 http://polizeros.com/2008/01/02/sewage-water-to-drinking-water/#comment-147052 It is indeed about time. Rural water generally returns to the aquipher via leech fields, but urban communities tend to dump theirs into oceans and rivers-- reducing our fresh water reserves by millions of gallons each day. I don't think most people realize what a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water" rel="nofollow">scarce resource</a> fresh water is. Only 1.6% of the world's water lies in aquifers, and only 0.6% of the surface water is available for drinking-- the rest is saltwater or ice cap. It is indeed about time. Rural water generally returns to the aquipher via leech fields, but urban communities tend to dump theirs into oceans and rivers– reducing our fresh water reserves by millions of gallons each day.

I don’t think most people realize what a scarce resource fresh water is. Only 1.6% of the world’s water lies in aquifers, and only 0.6% of the surface water is available for drinking– the rest is saltwater or ice cap.

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