Will you be drinking recycled water?

One of Queensland’s Recycled Water Projects has been sitting idle waiting for the day that there is a drought and the plant can once again start turning “grey” water into your drinking water!

This was a big project and was known as the Western Corridor Recycled Water Project. It collected effluent from six sewage treatment plants around Brisbane, ‘polished’ that water at three new advanced water treatment plants so that it could be used to augment raw water supplies in Lake Wivenhoe, Brisbane’s largest drinking water reservoir.

Turn on your tap and you maybe getting recycled sewage. Might be better to filter your drinking water before you fill that glass.