In the near future, the water that flows from your tap could be recycled wastewater. Colorado’s Water Quality Control Commission just gave preliminary approval to regulate the direct potable reuse of water from treated sewage.
I, for one, will be happy to toast the commission with a glass of that tap water. That’s because we have the technology to do this. We’re already doing it. And we need to do more of it. This is an “oh” moment for long-term water resource sustainability and the first step of many needed to address water in a warming climate.
See the full article by Krista Kafer, November 20, 2022