Comments on: Drinking toilet water

By: Andrew Rainford

Andrew Rainford — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 20:02:50 +0000

All water is recycled – even rain water by the natural process of the water cycle. It isn’t manufactured, it is estimated that the water we drink from the taps has already been through 7 people. Consider it – tap, your gut, your toilet, the sewer, the sea (treated or not), evaporation, precipitation into lake/resovoir, your tap.

By: Tim

Tim — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 07:15:43 +0000

Till we get to know that it was recycled water, we don’t have a prob. SO its better they don’t tell that out. As long it is safe and pure enough it should be fine.

By: Vellon

Vellon — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 09:03:28 +0000

This is SO old but I found it while googling around the internet. ALL water in the world has been inside hundreds of animals at some point. There is a finite quantity of water in the world, and even the water raining out of the sky has been ingested by some fish, animal or plant hundreds of times over. Cycle of life and all that.

By: Janet

Janet — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 13:34:50 +0000

Uhhhmmm, thanks, I think.

Guess we will have to add water to the sausage list. You consume it, but you dont want to know how it is made.

Tho every now and then I think about growing up on a dairy farm and how the milk was transferred from cow to the bulk tank.

By: The Foo

The Foo — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 03:26:36 +0000

@kris

true and yes, i admit it is silly … but i think it more a mind thing right now than anything else. whole thing about it is i wish i didn’t know about it. in life, there are some things worth not knowing about.

By: kristarella

kristarella — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 01:54:23 +0000

So let me getthis straight:

It tastes better.
It’s supposedly cleaner.
It’s cheaper…

You’re never going to buy it again.

This seems plain silly to me. I understand that there is an initial gross factor, but do you like to swim in the ocean? You know cities dump their shit in there too right? Ever use a public toilet? I bet there’s stuff in there that you wouldn’t dream of in your worst nightmares.

I think at some point we have to say, if I’m not sick then it can’t be that bad.

By: yoshi

yoshi — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 18:30:23 +0000

Crazy, isn’t it? but honestly, I think the water everyone drinks, from bottled to tap might be reused and refiltered at some point. Except perhaps water from rainwater. Who can say.

I would be grossed out too, don’t get me wrong. But at least it’s filtered and cleaned. We could be drinking from streams or rivers. Who knows what’s in that!