Report backs greater use of recycled wastewater

Category: Science

Publish Date: 01-11-2012 12:00 AM -0800

Study finds no difference in risk between highly treated sewage and current drinking water supplies, retreating from an earlier report that called usage 'an option of last resort.'

Opponents malign it as "toilet to tap." But a new National Research Council report says that reclaimed water can contribute a growing portion of the nation's drinking water supplies and be as safe as conventional sources.

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