California to Consider ‘Toilet to Tap’ Water Reuse Regulations Next Week

Next week we will know if the water we flush the toilets with will show up in our faucets as drinking water.  Too bad the media is not covering them.  They are keeping us in the dark about the transformation of our society.  One BIG winner of this decision?  The bottled water sellers.  Folks who want clear, safe water, without any worries, will go to them.  Now you know the real special interest behind this move to use your toilet, instead of building water storage facilities.

“The California State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) will consider regulations next week that would allow “toilet to tap” reuse of water supplies, treating sewage water and sending it back into ordinary drinking water systems in select municipalities.

As Breitbart News noted back in 2019, new technology, similar to that used for desalination, was being tested on sewage water with a view to recycling that water, expanding the supply of available water in a state that is beset by periodic severe droughts.

Earlier this year, as Breitbart News noted, the SWRCB announced that it would consider such regulations,

The difference between toilet water and desalinization?  Desalinization just has to take out the salt—toilet water has to take out “other stuff”.   If passed, Californians will not have a choice in water, unless they buy safe water.  More reason for people to leave California.

California to Consider ‘Toilet to Tap’ Water Reuse Regulations Next Week

JOEL B. POLLAK, Breitbart,  12/12/23      https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/12/12/california-to-consider-toilet-to-tap-water-reuse-regulations-next-week/

The California State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) will consider regulations next week that would allow “toilet to tap” reuse of water supplies, treating sewage water and sending it back into ordinary drinking water systems in select municipalities.

As Breitbart News noted back in 2019, new technology, similar to that used for desalination, was being tested on sewage water with a view to recycling that water, expanding the supply of available water in a state that is beset by periodic severe droughts.

Earlier this year, as Breitbart News noted, the SWRCB announced that it would consider such regulations, saying in a statement:

[T]he State Water Resources Control Board announced today proposed regulations that would allow for water systems to add wastewater that has been treated to levels meeting or exceeding all drinking water standards to their potable supplies. The process, known as direct potable reuse, will enable systems to generate a climate-resilient water source while reducing the amount of wastewater they release to rivers and the ocean.

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Direct potable reuse relies entirely on immediate, multi-barrier treatment that can recycle wastewater to drinking water standards in a matter of hours. This contrasts to the method currently being deployed in major projects launched throughout the state, called indirect potable reuse, which further improves treated wastewater over time through groundwater recharge or dilution with surface water. While no formal direct potable reuse projects can be initiated in California until the regulations are adopted, water agencies in Santa Clara, San Diego and the city of Los Angeles have launched pilot projects in recent years.

Now, the San Francisco Chronicle reports, the SWRCB is set to hear testimony on the regulations before a decision next week: “The landmark regulations will go before the State Water Resources Control Board for consideration next week. If approved, they would enable projects sometimes dubbed ‘toilet to tap’ to move forward in numerous communities, including Santa Clara County, Los Angeles and San Diego.”

Several other countries are also experimenting with the idea, notably Israel, where researchers have also studied the potential for pharmaceutical byproducts to survive the water treatment process and reenter the public supply.