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Recycling water

9 years ago

In the last few days I have seen a couple of stories about waste water treatment plants handing out bottled water filled with treated waste water. For those not in the know we have been drinking, and using, recycled water for generations because all of the water we drink, and use, has been used before.

All of the water we have today was here when the earth was formed. No one is making new water.

http://www.cnn.com/2014/05/01/world/from-toilet-to-tap-water/index.html

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Jean
9 years ago
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albert_135 　 39.17°N 119.76°W 4695ft.
9 years ago
According to a most reliable source, Genesis 3, if I recall correctly, there was a time when all gardening was done in the nude.
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spedigrees z4VT
9 years ago
Water is old, but toxic substances we have caused to be added to it are relatively new.

This reminds me of decades ago when I worked at a monument/stone company and my boss was talking to a customer on the phone. After he hung up, he laughed and said "That woman wanted to buy *new* granite. I had to tell her that the only granite we sell is millions of years old!"

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