WHAT IS THIS WORLD COMING TO!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!??!!!!
hands up who also thinks somethings gone horribly wrong!
2006-10-06 17:05:57 · 14 answers · asked by mizbritt17 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
.....because some peoples' pets drink out of the bowl!?
It would be more plumbing to have separate lines for the toilets.
2006-10-06 17:08:55 · answer #1 · answered by Lake Lover 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Apparently the writer is not complaining about conventional latrine technology, but about potable water being used.
Toilets flush for a reason, a very good reason. The reason they use "perfectly good drinking water" is that ALL water that comes into the home must be disease-free. Pumping non-drinkable water through the incoming plumbing would unnecessarily complicate an already overcomplicated world. And many people would drink or come in contact with the (by definition) non-drinkable water on the very first day of its imprudent use. Dogs drink from toilets all the time, and they can become sickened by non-drinkable water just the same way humans can, but if the municipality's imbecility is traceable to the dog becoming ill (rather than the folks forgetting to flush), you've got a good court case. AND THIS IS ONLY THE FIRST DAY OF THIS WONDERFUL INVENTION'S USE. What's the world coming to? A soon end, with this kind of ingenuity.
Sombody a lot more tactful will get ten points. Let me have truth. He can have the tact. The world survives on truth, not tact.
2006-10-07 00:22:00 · answer #2 · answered by voltaire 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, this is a great question. I can think of a couple of reasons for this. The risk of some knucklehead screwing up the pipe connections for potable water and recycled water is very high. The cost of repiping entire cities so that recycled water parallels potable water is prohibitive. The cost of prepiping entire new cities or developments raises the price of homes and of city maintenance costs to a prohibitive level. The problem isn't a lack of potable water. The problem is a lack of intelligence and self-control when it comes to overpopulation. Why the hell does any family need more than 2 children! Solve the population problem and the need for your question loses its importance.
2006-10-07 00:18:14 · answer #3 · answered by OU812 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Because using a different kind for this purpose would require us to build a complete separate water supply system for "dirty" water.
Some buildings, and a few communities, have arrangements to use "used" water for irrigation and things like that, but not toilet flush water -- too much chance of spreading disease.
2006-10-07 00:10:45 · answer #4 · answered by Dick Eney 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Simple you have one pipe leading to your house that is then divided to the places water needs to go. Besides after it's been in the toilet bowl I wouldn't call it perfectly good drinking water (Some Tap water don't make that standard).
2006-10-07 00:12:53 · answer #5 · answered by Daddy Big Dawg 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Availability, convenience, price, and perception.
Some water thrifty people are flushing their loos wit bath water and such.
Very good question!
2006-10-07 00:16:54 · answer #6 · answered by bconehead 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If water could be considered as part of our infrastructure could you name one facet of our infrastructure that our politicians have not allowed to "run down." Why should water be special? We have known for long, our politicians just may have been preoccupied with tax cuts and reelection?
2006-10-07 00:24:32 · answer #7 · answered by aczywld 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because the water is contaminated by the toilet bowl. I won't even let my dogs drink from it.
2006-10-07 00:10:02 · answer #8 · answered by blindogben 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
you mean, why do we drink the same water that's in our toilets?
2006-10-07 00:15:52 · answer #9 · answered by a_r_cool123 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
How would we get dirty water into our toilets?
2006-10-07 00:13:52 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋