Tuesday, November 27, 2007

What's In Your Glass - California towns turning toilet sewage into drinking water


FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif. — It used to be so final: flush the toilet, and waste be gone.
But on Nov. 30, for millions of people here in Orange County, pulling the lever will be the start of a long, intense process to purify the sewage into drinking water — after a hard scrubbing with filters, screens, chemicals and ultraviolet light and the passage of time underground. Full Story - Discount Magazine Subscriptions - Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Textbookx