"Toilet To Tap" Coming to California

[Flowerz]

What if something goes wrong with the filtration system and no one discovers it before consumption of waste water occurs?

The exact same thing that would happen if the current filtration systems and sanitation methods fail. People would get sick.

This is different, though. This is waste water.. human excrement, blood, piss, saliva, sweat.. everything. There's a big difference between getting sick and getting a terminal or lifelong virus. If they don't filtrate HIV and Hepatitis out of the water, such when an "accident" occurs, and you drink it, guess what? You now have HIV and Hepatitis.

Yeah, accept in actuality those viruses don't survive outside of the human body nearly long enough to be carried through a sewage refinement system, all filter functionality aside.

[aldra]

This is different, though. This is waste water.. human excrement, blood, piss, saliva, sweat.. everything. There's a big difference between getting sick and getting a terminal or lifelong virus. If they don't filtrate HIV and Hepatitis out of the water, such when an "accident" occurs, and you drink it, guess what? You now have HIV and Hepatitis.

you can generally only contract HIV from blood contact, so your average person drinking trace amounts of it (even if there were live viruses in the water) wouldn't get sick.

regardless, water sourced from rivers, lakes and oceans has animal waste and other potentially toxic or virulent material in it - aside from the level of waste that needs to be effectively removed, I don't really see the difference.


***also if you think this is anything like Soylent Green, you should probably go watch it again.

[-SpectraL]

What if something goes wrong with the filtration system and no one discovers it before consumption of waste water occurs?

The exact same thing that would happen if the current filtration systems and sanitation methods fail. People would get sick.

This is different, though. This is waste water.. human excrement, blood, piss, saliva, sweat.. everything. There's a big difference between getting sick and getting a terminal or lifelong virus. If they don't filtrate HIV and Hepatitis out of the water, such when an "accident" occurs, and you drink it, guess what? You now have HIV and Hepatitis.

Yeah, accept in actuality those viruses don't survive outside of the human body nearly long enough to be carried through a sewage refinement system, all filter functionality aside.

"nearly long enough"

You're telling me that if I drank a few flakes from a fresh chunk of shit of a person with Hepatitis the day after the guy shit, I wouldn't get the disease?

[Flowerz]

What if something goes wrong with the filtration system and no one discovers it before consumption of waste water occurs?

The exact same thing that would happen if the current filtration systems and sanitation methods fail. People would get sick.

This is different, though. This is waste water.. human excrement, blood, piss, saliva, sweat.. everything. There's a big difference between getting sick and getting a terminal or lifelong virus. If they don't filtrate HIV and Hepatitis out of the water, such when an "accident" occurs, and you drink it, guess what? You now have HIV and Hepatitis.

Yeah, accept in actuality those viruses don't survive outside of the human body nearly long enough to be carried through a sewage refinement system, all filter functionality aside.

"nearly long enough"

You're telling me that if I drank a few flakes from a fresh chunk of shit of a person with Hepatitis the day after the guy shit, I wouldn't get the disease?

One day after the shit hit the toilet it would still be flowing to the refinement facility. Sewage systems don't move at the speed of light. It also takes time to go through the plant, then takes more time to make its way back to your home. You could potentially catch diseases from improperly treated waste water, but hepatitis or HIV are unlikely to the point where getting struck by lightening would be of greater concern. Look up some bacterias or parasites that are resilient to the elements if you want to fear monger.

[-SpectraL]

... Look up some bacterias or parasites that are resilient to the elements...

Wouldn't they be in the human waste water as well?

[Flowerz]

... Look up some bacterias or parasites that are resilient to the elements...

Wouldn't they be in the human waste water as well?

Yes, they could be, that's my point. For the sake of your argument 'what if the filters fail' there are many things to be concerned about, but hepatitis and HIV are not high on that list. It should also be noted that plenty of dangerous parasites and bacteria can be found in a typical lake or river.

[kroz]

^^^ you obviously have studied very little about bio-chemistry. hiv dies off very easily

[kroz]

^^^ you obviously have studied very little about bio-chemistry. hiv dies off very easily

in this thread spectral is still a fag

[Flowerz]

^^^ you obviously have studied very little about bio-chemistry. hiv dies off very easily

Likewise to your reading ability.

[Lanny]

Yeah spectral, you're going full tin foil over this shit (no pun intended). Under normal circumstances we drain waste water into lakes and oceans and that ends back up in the water you drink right now. Like what do you think that stuff coming out of your tap came from? Spontaneously appeared in the sky and fell to earth? Do you think no human waste ever ends up in our regular water sources (rivers and lakes)? Obviously we can render contaminated water safe to drink, if you didn't think that then you'd be an idiot to drink water right now.

[kroz]

^^ lol... anyways I once shit off of a cliff and a fish swallowed the poop in the lake. i'm sure he's still doing fine.