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- xquizit, on 10/22/2007, -3/+61100% natural
- FishHammer, on 10/22/2007, -12/+62As gross as that sounds, the water you drink from your tap is exactly this. Processed sewer water. Ignorance is bliss :)
- sockpuppets, on 10/21/2007, -4/+43I pee what you did there...
- inactive, on 10/22/2007, -5/+32Except that it complete *****. Most cities' tap water comes from reservoirs, not from recycled waste water. And these reservoirs are NOT outlets for the waste, so there is no corss contamination. Yes, there are some, but not most.
- elnerdo, on 10/22/2007, -0/+19I still drink out of a hose. There's nothing wrong with it. Everybody's just overly afraid of everything now.
- Omar12, on 10/22/2007, -1/+19Bottled Water is a rip-off!..yes i said it.
- D3koy, on 10/21/2007, -2/+20It's not ignorance: "It was then processed using state-of-the-art screening, grit removal, sedimentation/flotation, biological oxidation, solids contact conditioning, and chlorine disinfection on the way back to you."
I've got no problem drink water as long as it was at one point cleaned....I used to drink out of a hose(as a child).... - tpzoso, on 10/20/2007, -0/+17I see no problem with this water. I mean, its been bleached and reverse osmosis filtered, its fine.
- mrASSMAN, on 10/22/2007, -3/+16All water is recycled. No matter where it comes from.. it's reused again and again.
- Pilot85, on 10/20/2007, -3/+15"Some variations in taste and/or color may occur due to holidays, predominant cuisine preference, infiltration/inflow, or sewer cross-connections."
XP - iVision, on 10/22/2007, -4/+15Better than drinking Aquafina.
- nastajus, on 10/22/2007, -2/+11what, reservoirs from the sky's rain? And where does the sky get it's rain from?
- swazo, on 10/22/2007, -0/+7i use a cup.
- wright3279, on 10/20/2007, -1/+7Don't astronauts drink their recycled "water"? And on the subject of impurities in sewer water, include fluids flushed from a body at the funeral home.
- internetcoward, on 10/20/2007, -2/+6Do people who drink bottled water think it actually comes from a spring or a stream... Do they have millions of interns just dipping a plastic bottle into the stream every second of the day? Bottled water is just 'purified' water.... how about this, instead of buying bottled water, send me the money you'd spend on it, then fill a mug of tap water and drink it.
- MacSuxWindozSux, on 10/20/2007, -0/+4Yeah 94% is actually really good when you compare it to Aquafina.
- inactive, on 10/22/2007, -2/+5Give me a ***** break...if you are going to fear the water that evaporates, then falls back down as rain, and then gets cleaned and you drink, then you have bigger problems. And if you are going to worry about evaporation (which gets rid of much of the remaining 4% by itself), then it doesn't matter WHERE the harmful stuff windws up. It will evaporate either way.
- inactive, on 10/20/2007, -1/+4That stuff tastes like *****.
- goku1019, on 10/20/2007, -0/+3http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reverse_osmosis
- Evildudetx, on 10/22/2007, -3/+6I guess you have no clue where your water comes from then. I know mine comes from the reservoir less than a mile from my house. Waste water, grey water, and everything that goes out through my drains is treated and released far out into the gulf of Mexico.
- MacSuxWindozSux, on 10/20/2007, -0/+3Sounds like you need a happy meal.
- Spacecow, on 10/20/2007, -1/+4Calvin and Hobbes already did this joke 15 years ago (except with lemonade stands, I guess). :p
- iChaz, on 10/20/2007, -0/+3i love how it says "94% of all bacterial waste"
- Myztry, on 10/20/2007, -0/+3LOL. It's called an air bubble. Perhaps they should have taken the photo with the bottle standing upright.
- bobasaurus, on 10/20/2007, -1/+4"removing up to 94 percent of biodegradable pollutants"
...meaning I would be drinking 6% sewage? Too much poo for me, thanks. - Fracture98, on 10/20/2007, -0/+2A little sad, too. Probably more than half of the world fails to achieve in reality what this bottle portrays in humour.
- shyner, on 10/22/2007, -1/+3Well, mine comes from a well in my yard, which gets its water from a water reservoir underground which is fed by rain. So unless someone is ***** down my well, I'm pretty safe :)
- ggofthejungle, on 10/21/2007, -0/+2you made my day
- MacSuxWindozSux, on 10/20/2007, -0/+2Problem Child: He pees in a pitcher and serves it warm.
- macwac, on 10/20/2007, -0/+2Majority of Singapore's water comes from recycling of just that, sewage water - through a long process of using carbon filtering, boiling etc.. (since the country does not have enough water it recycles majority of water and buys more from Malaysia)
- drjekelmrhyde, on 10/20/2007, -0/+2Atlanta will be drinking real sewer water soon
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20071019/D8SCHTI00 ... - Yoshi39, on 10/21/2007, -1/+3In case of an emergency like that you could just drink soda.
- Myztry, on 10/20/2007, -1/+3Fecal matter. What do you think comes from the fish who live in the reservoirs, the birds that fly overheard, and the animals that graze in the catchment runoff area?
Ignorance is bliss! - andywebb95, on 10/20/2007, -0/+1Probably tastes like ***** :)
- meachen, on 10/20/2007, -0/+1It may be a joke in America.....but in Singapore they actually do turn sewage into drinking water http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NEWater
- wbgo, on 10/20/2007, -0/+1They put deposits on all plastic bottles and cans a few years ago in Germany (many glass bottles already had deposits). The most noticeable result has been that whenever there's a street party or parade, the streets are now covered with broken glass instead of empty cans as the deposit is cheaper on bottles.
- inactive, on 10/20/2007, -0/+1If you don't filter your water through a Berkey filter prior to drinking it, you must not care about yourself as much as you think you do. Water is Blue Gold.
- Soofi, on 10/20/2007, -1/+2Should have paid more attention to the article;
"He said the public can help by not letting certain products swirl down the drain to end up in the sewer system, particularly paint, gasoline and household solvents." - zachshmack, on 10/20/2007, -0/+1The FDA is more strict when it comes to public drinking water than bottled water. Keep that in the back of your mind the next time you're sipping on your fancy "spring" water.
- jasekasp, on 10/20/2007, -1/+2It's crazy now adays, sewage water can be purified and made cleaner than the water that comes out of your faucet. I live in one of the first cities (Irvine, California) to implement a water reclamation system like this to clean sewage and pump it back out as clean water for use on city property, not for drinking (even though it is 'technically' safe enough), but for watering plants. The distribution of the water was originally done with light purple PVC piping which coined the name "Irvine Purple" and it became the same piping used by cities all over America for their own reclamation programs.
- dprevite, on 10/20/2007, -1/+2Hah, I even have a picture of them bottling sewage
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dprevite/1646664438/ - Myztry, on 10/20/2007, -0/+1All the water we drink is recycled. It's no doubt exited some creature during the past couple of million years.
But thankfully most of it goes through evaporation / cloud / rain filtration system.
'Acid rain' is an issue though. The air isn't as clean as it once was. No surface water is naturally pure H2O.
As for bodies of water, fish excrete in them. Birds dollop in them. Wildlife relieve themselves in the catchments areas.
The porous rocks of springs provide some natural filtration, but also add minerals of unregulated quantity and type.
Unless you are drinking distilled or synthesized water, you've probably never actually had pure H2O.
But it's not a big deal. As long as the containment level is within reason, it's how your body is designed to take water.
For the price of bottled water, they should be able to refine even sewerage to become 'fit' drinking water. - fixedcoma, on 10/21/2007, -0/+1unfortunately it's in a plastic bottle! Maybe next year you will get a door prize my man!
- FriskDown, on 10/22/2007, -0/+1All of the water on Earth is recycled. We are all drinking unknown amounts of recycled dinosaur urine.
- LeeSoong, on 10/24/2007, -0/+1a 5 euro deposit - per container - would fix that...
- Myztry, on 10/20/2007, -0/+1Not drinking. We have two seperate water system systems (in places). The recycled water is denoted by lilac access points. (my families company makes recycled plastic boxes and covers, and those sales are increasing in relation to standard grey covers)
- Omar12, on 10/20/2007, -0/+1Ha! actually I was raised in Puerto Rico and currently live in South Florida.
I've been through 3 major hurricanes.
By experience, I prepare before an hurricane, and get gallons and gallons of tap water. - Evildudetx, on 10/21/2007, -2/+3Move to a state that is likely to get hit by a hurricane. I bet you change your tune in a heartbeat.
- TexanPsycho, on 10/20/2007, -0/+1Faecal.
- noctu, on 10/20/2007, -0/+1but politicians drink bottled water when addressing the public they cant be wrong can they?
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