In a shift for California, toilet and shower wastewater will no longer be discharged into the Pacific Ocean or used for agriculture; instead, it will be recycled into drinking water.
California water suppliers are now allowed, though not required, to purify wastewater and put it back into the drinking water system for hundreds of thousands of households.
(CNN) — In California, toilet or shower wastewater will no longer just be dumped into the Pacific Ocean or used for farmland. Now, it’ll be recycled into drinking water.
California regulators have approved new rules to let water agencies recycle wastewater and put it right back into the pipes that carry drinking water to homes, schools and businesses.