A relative in Australia where there is a water shortage says that a suggestion was made that sewage be reprocessed as is done in London
2006-08-21 23:46:46 · 15 answers · asked by Sparks 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Community Service
Yes, all councils and water authorities do this. Where do you think the neverending supply comes from? It's treated and then fed in to reservoirs, then eventually comes out of your tap.
2006-08-21 23:51:23 · answer #1 · answered by lunarsky 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It is generally spoke of in London, that the exiting water from the houses goes into the River Thames and further up the Thames it is withdrawn and then recycled and goes back through the taps. It is a fact, that recycled tap water contains biological enzymes and oestrogen from the womens' pill. The recycling plant cannot destroy these, so people drink them. In London (fact) - some people get mouth ulcers and stomach pains from drinking tap water. Once living in London, a GP told me to boil the tapwater, cool it, & either put it in a bottle, or jug & keep in the fridge. Don't drink the water straight from the tap - he told me. If oestrogen is still in the drinking water, then men drink it as well . . . So your Australian friend was not "winding you up".
2006-08-24 12:07:20 · answer #2 · answered by Student 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Indirectly- you have to look at the recycle chain - sewage is treated biologically and the resultant supernatant ( clean liquor ) is sterilised and returned to the water courses. The heavier sludge is disposed of elsewhere.
Water treatment plants are likely to use river water as well as water from reservoirs as their raw water source.There is more control on drinking water quality in UK than bottled drinking water. Cheers
2006-08-22 00:02:20 · answer #3 · answered by Daddybear 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't worry about this too much. Nature reprocess sewage water also.
2006-08-21 23:52:21 · answer #4 · answered by ancalagon2003 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually...most places do though not directly and there is a long way between sewage and drinking water.
2006-08-21 23:52:44 · answer #5 · answered by Puppy Zwolle 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sewage water is processed into tapwater throughout most of the UK
2006-08-21 23:52:11 · answer #6 · answered by le_coupe 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes there are waste water re-cycling plants, Try the Thames Water web site see if they have more info.
2006-08-21 23:51:47 · answer #7 · answered by Paul B 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They do it where I live, so why not in London?
Better than trying to reclaim that Thames-water..
Gruesome.
2006-08-21 23:50:46 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Let us all be more considerate WORLD WIDE with what we put down our drains... water is a precious resource world wide.... let's keep it that way. What are you doing with your paint waste?
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2006-08-22 08:56:13 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes apparently when u drink water in london its already been passed thro 7 ppl .......
ewww!!
2006-08-21 23:52:42 · answer #10 · answered by jizzumonkey 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋