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Should we be drinking purified sewage?

Should we be drinking purified sewage?

Update: 2025-01-04
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For more than 50 years, cities around the world have been safely drinking recycled wastewater, from Los Angeles to Barcelona and Cape Town. Yet few Australian cities have taken that plunge. But with climate change and population surges putting water supplies under pressure, experts say it could be a future solution.
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Should we be drinking purified sewage?

Should we be drinking purified sewage?