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Apr 25^th, 2019 at 3:49pm

An interesting article about sewage treatment in the UK which talks about the processing of 'brown water" which is filtered and disinfected and "pumped back into our homes".

Is this true? If so, it's not surprising that poms have an aversion to showering.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/lauriewinkless/2016/10/18/what-happens-when-you-flu...

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... The now slightly-cleaner-but-still-brown water is passed onto what’s called "secondary treatment," which makes large-scale use of microbiology. Particular species of bacteria are added, to feast on the dangerous pathogens present in the feces-filled wastewater. Because these bacteria rely on oxygen, air is added at the same time, allowing them to thrive and multiply. Once they’ve broken down all of the pathogens, the bacteria have done their job. The water is moved to another tank where is it filtered and disinfected, and then, it’s ready to be pumped back into our homes. ...

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freediver Gold Member Offline www.ozpolitic.com Posts: 47481 At my desk.	Re: True? Sewage is recycled into UK domestic water Reply #1 - Apr 25^th, 2019 at 3:52pm If your water comes from a river with a town upstream, you are drinking their sewage, plus the turds from every dog that gets washed in whenever it rains, along with the odd dead cow.
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Reply #2 - Apr 25^th, 2019 at 5:01pm

Laugh till you cry wrote on Apr 25^th, 2019 at 3:49pm:

An interesting article about sewage treatment in the UK which talks about the processing of 'brown water" which is filtered and disinfected and "pumped back into our homes".

Is this true? If so, it's not surprising that poms have an aversion to showering.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/lauriewinkless/2016/10/18/what-happens-when-you-flu...

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... The now slightly-cleaner-but-still-brown water is passed onto what’s called "secondary treatment," which makes large-scale use of microbiology. Particular species of bacteria are added, to feast on the dangerous pathogens present in the feces-filled wastewater. Because these bacteria rely on oxygen, air is added at the same time, allowing them to thrive and multiply. Once they’ve broken down all of the pathogens, the bacteria have done their job. The water is moved to another tank where is it filtered and disinfected, and then, it’s ready to be pumped back into our homes. ...

Just as well they do not bath in and drink the Ganges.

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Reply #3 - Apr 25^th, 2019 at 5:02pm

Setanta wrote on Apr 25^th, 2019 at 5:01pm:

Laugh till you cry wrote on Apr 25^th, 2019 at 3:49pm:

An interesting article about sewage treatment in the UK which talks about the processing of 'brown water" which is filtered and disinfected and "pumped back into our homes".

Is this true? If so, it's not surprising that poms have an aversion to showering.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/lauriewinkless/2016/10/18/what-happens-when-you-flu...

Quote:

... The now slightly-cleaner-but-still-brown water is passed onto what’s called "secondary treatment," which makes large-scale use of microbiology. Particular species of bacteria are added, to feast on the dangerous pathogens present in the feces-filled wastewater. Because these bacteria rely on oxygen, air is added at the same time, allowing them to thrive and multiply. Once they’ve broken down all of the pathogens, the bacteria have done their job. The water is moved to another tank where is it filtered and disinfected, and then, it’s ready to be pumped back into our homes. ...

Just as well they do not bath in and drink the Ganges.

You haven't been watching Sue Perkins in India ey?

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Bobby. Gold Member Online Australian Politics Posts: 95504 Melbourne Gender:	Re: True? Sewage is recycled into UK domestic water Reply #4 - Apr 25^th, 2019 at 5:03pm Plenty of dead cows would have rotted away in the water we drink. It's all purified with science.
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Gordon Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 20231 Gordon Gender:	Re: True? Sewage is recycled into UK domestic water Reply #5 - Apr 25^th, 2019 at 6:57pm https://en.reset.org/blog/water-borne-diseases-india
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Reply #7 - Apr 25^th, 2019 at 8:33pm

Remember when they were using raw sewage as fertiliser on the Farms of outer west Sydney.
I know I was vomiting within 15 mins of having finished my vegetables. My father in law and 4yr daughter were also doing the exorcists.
The bacteria content of the crops was through the roof, when they discovered where and why everyone in Sydney was getting crook fast.
It was all the Indian farmers doing it.

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Reply #8 - Apr 25^th, 2019 at 8:38pm

Gnads wrote on Apr 25^th, 2019 at 5:02pm:

Setanta wrote on Apr 25^th, 2019 at 5:01pm:

Laugh till you cry wrote on Apr 25^th, 2019 at 3:49pm:

An interesting article about sewage treatment in the UK which talks about the processing of 'brown water" which is filtered and disinfected and "pumped back into our homes".

Is this true? If so, it's not surprising that poms have an aversion to showering.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/lauriewinkless/2016/10/18/what-happens-when-you-flu...

Quote:

... The now slightly-cleaner-but-still-brown water is passed onto what’s called "secondary treatment," which makes large-scale use of microbiology. Particular species of bacteria are added, to feast on the dangerous pathogens present in the feces-filled wastewater. Because these bacteria rely on oxygen, air is added at the same time, allowing them to thrive and multiply. Once they’ve broken down all of the pathogens, the bacteria have done their job. The water is moved to another tank where is it filtered and disinfected, and then, it’s ready to be pumped back into our homes. ...

Just as well they do not bath in and drink the Ganges.

You haven't been watching Sue Perkins in India ey?

No, but it seems it's good enough for the ISS personnel to use recycled water.

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UnSubRocky Gold Member Offline Australian Legend Posts: 21744 Rockhampton, Q Gender:	Re: True? Sewage is recycled into UK domestic water Reply #9 - Apr 25^th, 2019 at 8:54pm Gordon wrote on Apr 25^th, 2019 at 6:57pm: https://en.reset.org/blog/water-borne-diseases-india Despite all the water borne diseases that Indians suffer, they also have a strong immune system from tolerating the impure water.
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Reply #10 - Apr 25^th, 2019 at 8:56pm

Jasin wrote on Apr 25^th, 2019 at 8:33pm:

Remember when they were using raw sewage as fertiliser on the Farms of outer west Sydney.
I know I was vomiting within 15 mins of having finished my vegetables. My father in law and 4yr daughter were also doing the exorcists.
The bacteria content of the crops was through the roof, when they discovered where and why everyone in Sydney was getting crook fast.
It was all the Indian farmers doing it.

There was a recycled sewerage treatment that was being used as fertiliser for Sydney region farming. Apparently, the soils that were near useless were fertilised with this manure, and the soil had regenerated to excellent condition within a year of fertilisation.

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Reply #11 - Apr 25^th, 2019 at 8:56pm

UnSubRocky wrote on Apr 25^th, 2019 at 8:54pm:

Gordon wrote on Apr 25^th, 2019 at 6:57pm:

https://en.reset.org/blog/water-borne-diseases-india

Despite all the water borne diseases that Indians suffer, they also have a strong immune system from tolerating the impure water.

https://www.indiaspend.com/diarrhoea-took-more-lives-than-any-other-water-borne-...

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Reply #12 - Apr 25^th, 2019 at 9:35pm

Setanta wrote on Apr 25^th, 2019 at 5:01pm:

Laugh till you cry wrote on Apr 25^th, 2019 at 3:49pm:

An interesting article about sewage treatment in the UK which talks about the processing of 'brown water" which is filtered and disinfected and "pumped back into our homes".

Is this true? If so, it's not surprising that poms have an aversion to showering.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/lauriewinkless/2016/10/18/what-happens-when-you-flu...

Quote:

... The now slightly-cleaner-but-still-brown water is passed onto what’s called "secondary treatment," which makes large-scale use of microbiology. Particular species of bacteria are added, to feast on the dangerous pathogens present in the feces-filled wastewater. Because these bacteria rely on oxygen, air is added at the same time, allowing them to thrive and multiply. Once they’ve broken down all of the pathogens, the bacteria have done their job. The water is moved to another tank where is it filtered and disinfected, and then, it’s ready to be pumped back into our homes. ...

Just as well they do not bath in and drink the Ganges.

That's only because the Ganges is not in the UK. I was in the UK 1977-1979 and the Thames was still a dirty dumping ground with garbage lining the banks.

"In 1957, the Natural History Museum declared the Thames biologically dead. News reports from that era describe it as a vast, foul-smelling drain."

http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20151111-how-the-river-thames-was-brought-back-fr...
"Even the sewage problem has not been completely solved. Heavy rainfall typically overburdens London's creaking sewers, and the excess – rainwater mixed with sewage – is discharged into the river to prevent floods in the city."

There were a lot more nasty things in English rivers.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/lauriewinkless/2016/10/18/what-happens-when-you-flu...

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... In the 1800s, London’s river Thames was being used as a dumping ground for everything (and I mean, everything) produced in the city. 1858 brought with it a surprisingly hot summer, but this was not a cause for joyful celebration. The river, smothered in rotting food, animal carcasses and feces, began to smell so badly that the city literally ground to a halt. The period now known as The Great Stink was only confined to the history books when engineers, led by Joseph Bazalgette, built London’s extensive underground sewer network to transport the waste away from the city. And Crossness had a starring role – it was there that huge steam-powered engines pumped the sewage up from the sewers and released it untreated into the river. ...

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Reply #13 - Apr 25^th, 2019 at 9:38pm

Laugh till you cry wrote on Apr 25^th, 2019 at 9:35pm:

Setanta wrote on Apr 25^th, 2019 at 5:01pm:

Laugh till you cry wrote on Apr 25^th, 2019 at 3:49pm:

An interesting article about sewage treatment in the UK which talks about the processing of 'brown water" which is filtered and disinfected and "pumped back into our homes".

Is this true? If so, it's not surprising that poms have an aversion to showering.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/lauriewinkless/2016/10/18/what-happens-when-you-flu...

Quote:

... The now slightly-cleaner-but-still-brown water is passed onto what’s called "secondary treatment," which makes large-scale use of microbiology. Particular species of bacteria are added, to feast on the dangerous pathogens present in the feces-filled wastewater. Because these bacteria rely on oxygen, air is added at the same time, allowing them to thrive and multiply. Once they’ve broken down all of the pathogens, the bacteria have done their job. The water is moved to another tank where is it filtered and disinfected, and then, it’s ready to be pumped back into our homes. ...

Just as well they do not bath in and drink the Ganges.

That's only because the Ganges is not in the UK. I was in the UK 1977-1979 and the Thames was still a dirty dumping ground with garbage lining the banks.

"In 1957, the Natural History Museum declared the Thames biologically dead. News reports from that era describe it as a vast, foul-smelling drain."

http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20151111-how-the-river-thames-was-brought-back-fr...
"Even the sewage problem has not been completely solved. Heavy rainfall typically overburdens London's creaking sewers, and the excess – rainwater mixed with sewage – is discharged into the river to prevent floods in the city."

There were a lot more nasty things in English rivers.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/lauriewinkless/2016/10/18/what-happens-when-you-flu...

Quote:

... In the 1800s, London’s river Thames was being used as a dumping ground for everything (and I mean, everything) produced in the city. 1858 brought with it a surprisingly hot summer, but this was not a cause for joyful celebration. The river, smothered in rotting food, animal carcasses and feces, began to smell so badly that the city literally ground to a halt. The period now known as The Great Stink was only confined to the history books when engineers, led by Joseph Bazalgette, built London’s extensive underground sewer network to transport the waste away from the city. And Crossness had a starring role – it was there that huge steam-powered engines pumped the sewage up from the sewers and released it untreated into the river. ...

The Thames today is cleaner than it was in the 19th century when it was the Ganges of Great Britain.

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Reply #14 - Apr 25^th, 2019 at 9:42pm

UnSubRocky wrote on Apr 25^th, 2019 at 8:56pm:

Jasin wrote on Apr 25^th, 2019 at 8:33pm:

Remember when they were using raw sewage as fertiliser on the Farms of outer west Sydney.
I know I was vomiting within 15 mins of having finished my vegetables. My father in law and 4yr daughter were also doing the exorcists.
The bacteria content of the crops was through the roof, when they discovered where and why everyone in Sydney was getting crook fast.
It was all the Indian farmers doing it.

There was a recycled sewerage treatment that was being used as fertiliser for Sydney region farming. Apparently, the soils that were near useless were fertilised with this manure, and the soil had regenerated to excellent condition within a year of fertilisation.

Oh mark my word. The sewage treatment did accelerate the growth, there were a lot of 'bio' in that. But the bacteria was just too intense and thus customers got sick fast.
What good is to a Farmer if he makes his crops grow from nothing - but they are not edible?
How crap are those Farmers for 'sterilising' their soils with chemicals?
Why couldn't they reinvigorate their soil quality with worms and Trees (to shade the worms)??

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