Treated sewage water to slake Cape Town's thirst

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It may be hard to swallow, but from next month many Cape Town residents could be drinking treated sewage water from their municipal supply.

The first wave of purified water from a demonstration plant set up at the height of the 2016-2018 drought could be injected into water mains within weeks for a two-month trial.

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Most drinking water is treated sewage water anyway. A water recycled commodity throughout the ages? What's the problem? What is the point? This is not newsworthy or noteworthy at all.

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