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    Is it true that with a properly designed and functioning sewage treatment system the water exiting from the process should be safe to drink? (Don't try this at home kids)

    Question #122663. Asked by unclerick. (Jul 26 11 9:25 PM)


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    		Yes.

    Sewage treatment, or domestic wastewater treatment, is the process of removing contaminants from wastewater and household sewage, both runoff (effluents) and domestic. It includes physical, chemical, and biological processes to remove physical, chemical and biological contaminants. Its objective is to produce an environmentally-safe fluid waste stream (or treated effluent) and a solid waste (or treated sludge) suitable for disposal or reuse (usually as farm fertilizer). Using advanced technology it is now possible to re-use sewage effluent for drinking water, although Singapore is the only country to implement such technology on a production scale in its production of NEWater.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wastewater_treatment_systems



    Jul 26 11, 11:28 PM

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