California Looking to Recycled Water to Ease Drought Concerns
From The Sacramento Bee:
“At two treatment plants in El Dorado Hills, millions of gallons of brown wastewater pour in every week, and millions of gallons of clean water pour out through purple pipes that irrigate the lawns of 4,000 homes.
“Proponents call it water recycling. Critics call it ‘toilet-to-tap.’”
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Tap into Aquapedia, the Water Education Foundation’s water encyclopedia on the Internet, to learn about water recycling.
Among its series of Layperson’s Guides, the Foundation has a “Layperson’s Guide to Water Recycling” and “Layperson’s Guide to California Wastewater.”