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I love you North East Ohio Regional Sewer District
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this post was submitted on 11 Feb 2026
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Woah, they take wastewater and turn it into drinking water? Is that common? I would have thought it would be cost prohibitive.
No and yes.
Most regulations are based on the assimilation capacity of the receiving body which is nerd talk for "how much pollution the water can take before it starts showing signs of harm". So you treat to that, nature does a bit more, and then the drinking water plant takes water from an ideal place.
Most wastewater plants just speed up nature.
The history of centralized treatment is super fascinating because it centred on what the problems were when it was established (very late 1800-early 1900s) whereas drinking water treatment really has changed more to deal with how our understanding of human health has changed. They don't really match up!
I want you to know both how much I love your username and how much I love that there are people out there infodumping about wastewater treatement
Thank you shark fucker 420! You will be pleased to know that I'm not even that unique among the turd herders. Plenty of us are 'eccentric'.
If I had my way you'd all be allowed to form a council of shit herders and direct all the world's shit. Maybe someday