What happens to the water we use each day, is it all recycled?

Answer 1

Waste water is disposed of in two ways for the most part. It is either treated to reduce organic content by a sort of fermentation like process where bacteria remove it and form a sludge which is precipitated out leaving relatively clean water. The sludge is taken to a land fill and the water is dumped into rivers or the ocean. There it rejoins the Earth's natural water cycle.

The other way to dispose of waste water is in septic tanks and leach fields as ground water. The water first flows into a septic tank where bacteria breakdown the organic wastes leaving behind sludge. The sludge eventually will fill the septic tank which will then need to be cleaned out. The sludge is usually taken to a land fill. The water seeps out into the leach field and soaks into the ground our evaporates from the surface. It then joins the natural water cycle.

There are some problems with these systems. There are substances which do not breakdown in the organic removal step and which then contribute to pollution. Some of the more important substances are surprisingly medicines and hormones. Another important class of pollutants are chemicals used to make products such as synthetic fragrances, plasticizers and pesticides. Many of these compounds act like hormones and affect fish, other wild life and even humans. In some polluted waters the concentration of estrogen mimicking chemicals is high enough to change the sex of male fish into female fish. There have been reports of odd developmental issues with some people living in very polluted areas that seem to be linked to hormone mimicking chemicals.

Hormone mimics are an important class of pollutants because they can have a strong impact even at minute concentrations. The reason this is true is that because hormones normally act in very tiny quantities in our bodies.

The recycling that water goes through is done for free by the rivers oceans and most importantly wetlands like swamps. Without that natural water cycle, we would have to spend a huge amount of money purifying water to drink. That is the main reason for laws that strictly limit what can be done to a wetland such as the Clean Water Act and that is why development is a bad idea in wetland areas.

Answer 2

If you mean the water that goes down the plug hole - it just goes through the entire cycle of purification and re-use ....... although you still get charged for that process (the cleaning process). The best form of water recycling at home (if you have a garden) is to use your bath water etc for watering the plants.
Some water how ever will be released back intothe 'system' after cleaning.

Answer 3

purely from time to time are tree renewable. in most circumstances such an excellent style of trees are reduce down in a community at the same time, the trees do not have adequate time to enhance back with an same quantity of trees as earlier. that is unquestionably not exhibiting that trees are being "renewable aspects." even if all trees were renewable, that isn't any reason to not recycle. each and each and every time you toss stuff away, you're in simple terms polluting the earth extra. that is poor and unhappy even as something which will be recycled is thrown away, for it in simple terms shows laziness and no look after the earth.

Answer 4

Yes, water never really goes anywhere; gravity keeps it on the planet. The water we use now has at one time been in trillions of other life forms throughout history. In fact, the water that was in one person, say, 2000 years ago, has spread across the world so that we all have a piece of it.

Answer 5

All water used is recycled,it go,s to the sewage works,is treated and pumped in to the river system

Answer 6

Yes, a little man in your stomach takes it and puts it into bottles.

The bottles are then sold at supermarkets.

People seem to pay a premium for this bottled water as it is much more expensive. It is reportedly quite safe, but not sampled as thoroughly or as pure as tap water.

Answer 7

yes it is, the water goes through the water treatment plants and is recycled and re-used over and over again

Answer 8

It goes into the drains from your house
Then to a water treatment centre
Eventually to the river and then to the sea
In hot weather it evapourates and forms clouds as it rises over mountainsThen it falls as rain
It is then collected in resevoirs--Treated--And piped to our homes where it starts all over again

Answer 9

In my island 99 o/o is recycled for irrigation and agricultural purposes.

Answer 10

yes .water is recycled completely.it doesnt go anywhere out side the earth except in case of space travel.