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w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r   123

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Residents of a drought-stricken Australian town will vote this week on whether they're prepared to drink water recycled from sewage -- the first such scheme in the country and one of only a handful in the world.

The controversial proposal has divided the town of Toowoomba in the state of Queensland, which has faced water restrictions for a decade.

Local Mayor Dianne Thorley, who is leading the "Yes" campaign, said that without drought-breaking rains the town's dams could dry up within two years.

She insisted the 73 million dollar (US 55 million dollar) plan to pump purified wastewater back into the main reservoir for drinking was safe.

"Somewhere, sometime we have got to stand up and change the way we are doing things," she told AFP as the town prepared for the July 29 referendum.

"Otherwise our great grandchildren are going to be living in something like the Sahara desert."

A vocal "No" campaign opposes the proposal, and says there are unforeseeable health risks for the town's 100,000 residents.

"The scientists say it should be safe," said local councillor Keith Beer, one of three members of the nine-strong council that opposes the plan. "That is not good enough for me, for my kids and my grandkids."

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You test the water before you put it back in the resovoir. No big deal. We have the technology. Many people are not bothered with educating themselves.

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Yeah, treated wastewater is cleaner than the surface or ground water that most communities use for their drinking water supply. Potable Water is Potable water... as long as it goes through the same treatment process as other water...

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some new age folks drink piss....had a client give me a pamplet on the virtues of drinking piss...next time she came in i ask her if she was thirsty she said ' no". .i then excused myself to go to the shithouse...

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You know what though? Still a big fat NO from me if I lived there.

If you get dog sh!t on your hands, do you cut them off because they can now never be cleaned? Or do you trust in soap and water and assume your hands are clean afterwards? Same concept. Things that are bad for you.. can be removed. Once they are, it's "clean".

some new age folks drink piss....

Some people in India have been doing that for centuries. They swear it makes you live longer. One of India's ex-Prime Ministers used to drink piss daily. And actually, you can buy drinking piss in jars at some Indian stores near where I live :dead:

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You know what though? Still a big fat NO from me if I lived there. (course I might change my mind if I was on the brink of death due to dehydration)

Animals, fish and people soil the water you drink. It's treated though.

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You guys are making not want to drink water at ALL anymore. And this is coming from a girl who drinks over 2 liters a day. :dead:

Good news. That's only .05 liters of fish urine a day. ;)

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You guys are making not want to drink water at ALL anymore. And this is coming from a girl who drinks over 2 liters a day. :dead:

Good news. That's only .05 liters of fish urine a day. ;)

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yeah, that was a really bad joke.

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You guys are making not want to drink water at ALL anymore. And this is coming from a girl who drinks over 2 liters a day. :dead:

Good news. That's only .05 liters of fish urine a day. ;)

:lol: No wonder I'm such a good swimmer. ................................................

yeah, that was a really bad joke.

That's the spirit!! :lol:

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You guys are making not want to drink water at ALL anymore. And this is coming from a girl who drinks over 2 liters a day. :dead:

Drink Bier.. it's at least been "cooked" once :P

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You guys are making not want to drink water at ALL anymore. And this is coming from a girl who drinks over 2 liters a day. :dead:

Drink Bier.. it's at least been "cooked" once :P

great suggestion..bro mirror

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"You may not like it, but learn to love it because it's the best thing going today"

Woooooo! *chop*

what's with your "woooo *chop* " after every post?? :hehe:

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