SE Qlders will have no choice on drinking recycled water

RG · Post by RG » Sun Jan 28, 2007 2:09 pm

Beattie axes $10m poll

http://www.news.com.au/sundaymail/story ... 52,00.html

Finally! someone who's got the balls to do it.

"What is the point of offering people a vote on something that is not optional?" <--well said!

stuartzx6 · Post by **stuartzx6** » Sun Jan 28, 2007 2:38 pm

good there is nothing wrong with it. I have been drinking recycled water for 5 years. tastes better then normal water. lets hope the other states follow suit

Felix · Post by **Felix** » Sun Jan 28, 2007 3:26 pm

Something you guys probably didn't know...

About a month or two after the Toowoomba vote, there was a little news article on a plan for some Jondaryan (from memory) land owners to sell bore water to city council.

Good old Burgerhuffer may not have anything to do with it, but it should be noted that he developed and still owns (as far as I am aware) a lot of land around this area...

Makes for some interesting speculation if nothing else.

Neka79 · Post by **Neka79** » Sun Jan 28, 2007 6:45 pm

i find it piss funny (pardon the pun) that u will be drinking ur own urine..and ponti thought it funny when he pissed in the murray..at least u folk will KNOW your gunna be drinking shit!!

Felix · Post by **Felix** » Sun Jan 28, 2007 7:14 pm

Neka79 wrote:i find it piss funny (pardon the pun) that u will be drinking ur own urine..and ponti thought it funny when he pissed in the murray..at least u folk will KNOW your gunna be drinking shit!!

The really incredible thing is, you'd think we had great water quality! Technically (and I know this as we have friends who are EHO's at Council and Qld Health) the water we get now is "safe" but it tastes like crap!

What they are going to do, is produce recycled water that is purer and cleaner, then pump it into a dam and dirty it up and send it down our taps!

Nobody with any real scientific knowledge is saying it is a bad idea...

Barrabob · Post by **Barrabob** » Sun Jan 28, 2007 7:39 pm

Better than wasting it you would think so long as it is properly treated which i am sure it will be.

Neka79 · Post by **Neka79** » Sun Jan 28, 2007 7:45 pm

hahahah eat shit Qld'ers....

ttc · Post by **ttc** » Sun Jan 28, 2007 8:11 pm

they've been saying for a long time there's something in our water...

looks like they were right

mrmina · Post by **mrmina** » Sun Jan 28, 2007 8:24 pm

sooner or later all the states will be drinking their own piss

Neka79 · Post by **Neka79** » Sun Jan 28, 2007 9:43 pm

ttc wrote:they've been saying for a long time there's something in our water...

looks like they were right

yea..its my floaters!!

varden · Post by **varden** » Sun Jan 28, 2007 10:10 pm

recycled water is a better prospect than drinking dust, cos that will be our only option if nothing is DONE.

I second RGs comment.

photomike666 · Post by **photomike666** » Sun Jan 28, 2007 10:48 pm

Shouldn't all waste water be treated anyway rather than polluting the oceans?

UK often use a thing known as a biodrier. It takes waste water, filters it and purifies it (I don't know how) and then dries the filtered sludge into oderless pellets that can be used to fertilise farm land. Is supposed to be very effective. This way you get clean water and natural fertiliser.

Felix · Post by **Felix** » Sun Jan 28, 2007 11:09 pm

photomike666 wrote:Shouldn't all waste water be treated anyway rather than polluting the oceans?

Yeah, it is all treated. I think the waste product gets sold to be made into fertilizer. It's just that the treatment process for producing drinking water is even better and produces cleaner water (kidney dialysis quality).

Neka79 · Post by **Neka79** » Sun Jan 28, 2007 11:15 pm

photomike666 wrote:Shouldn't all waste water be treated anyway rather than polluting the oceans?

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it does make sense...
even if the water was utilised for say..purposes other than drinking...like showering etc...or piped directly to farmers to utilise the water so they dont draw upon town water supply...

shit im not even smart..thats why they pay smart folk big $$..to come up with this shit...

mohawk miss · Post by **mohawk miss** » Mon Jan 29, 2007 10:17 am

Its a stupid argument.

ALL water on Earth is recycled.

Its no different than towns that dump their effluent into the river, and the next town downstream takes that water, treats it and uses it for drinking water.