They all say the same thing at sewage treatment plants...' youre shit is our bread and butter'

eww, this water tastes like shit

is shit

dragonstaff is safe as he is in adelaide,however for people who are living or visiting the Gold Coast,' poo water' is the drink of the day.

mmmmmm,meaty goodness in every glass!

if it's processed, I don't see the problem. It's not like the old factories of yore, where poisoned rats and human body parts made it into the final product.There are standards now, as well as top-notch technology (despite the fact this is a stupid backwards country full of child-rapists we're talking about here). I'd guess there isn't any more fecal matter in this water than there is in your average glass of tapwater, bottled water, or stranger's handshake.

As Spod says, I live in Adelaide, and our state government is dead against this. BUT, our drinking water comes from the Murray - Darling River System, which is used by three other states ( Queensland, New South Wales, and Victoria ) for irrigation and other agricultural things including hosing out pig stys and dairies, and by a large number of towns as the ultimate repository for their ( processed ) sewerage, so I don't really think that we are all that much safer.

Still, I would prefer to see solar, wind, or tide-powered desalinisation plants put into service instead..

And before someone makes the obvious point about now knowing why I am usually full of shit, I have a rainwater tank for drinking purposes.

There was a survey in the local Sydney paper that showed 55% of people would drink recycled water- what do the other 45% think they will drink when we run out and they are dying of thirst..All water is recycled-

also to Jon..

'despite the fact this is a stupid backwards country full of child-rapists we're talking about here'

WTF?

Oh Murray, Darling, your dingo ate my barbie.

Sewage water = Taste-E!

Ghostie: Sorry cowboy.