Read the full story here Web Link posted Tuesday, April 5, 2016, 4:36 PM
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Palo Alto, Mountain View eye new agreement on recycled water
Original post made on Apr 12, 2016
Read the full story here Web Link posted Tuesday, April 5, 2016, 4:36 PM
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Posted by Steve
a resident of Adobe-Meadow
on Apr 12, 2016 at 2:46 pm
a resident of Adobe-Meadow
on Apr 12, 2016 at 2:46 pm
I was just in Albuquerque. They dump their treated wastewater in the Rio Grande
River where it is then used by cities downstream. I believe this is a common practice. Why can't Palo Alto and other cities just put our treated waste water back into the regular distribution system?
Posted by Been There
a resident of Midtown
on Apr 12, 2016 at 3:30 pm
a resident of Midtown
on Apr 12, 2016 at 3:30 pm
"Why can't Palo Alto and other cities just put our treated waste water back into the regular distribution system?"
Like, pump it back up to above Hetch Hetchy Dam? That's very energy intensive. Yet how else would you get the natural purification of a flowing stream?
"They [Albuquerque] dump their treated wastewater in the Rio Grande River where it is then used by cities downstream."
Then I presume you saw those signs: "Please Flush. El Paso needs the water."
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