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.
The California State Water Resources Control Board is tentatively planning a vote next week to approve a landmark water regulation that would turn sewage into drinking water across California.
Tampa City Council is considering canceling a water reuse project after it was put on hold last year. The Pure Project was considered to be an evolution of what people called "Toilet to Tap."
"Toilet-to-tap" is slowly becoming the norm in the United States as supposedly dwindling water supplies caused by droughts and "global warming" force local governments to feed [.]