Brilliant of course. I thought this has been happening for many years. The only new thing I assume is the media reporting on it and unknowing people being surprised by the idea. When I learned about it I was young and it was simply a given that our drinking water went through a purification process. I don’t always know if some of the city water I drink comes from lakes or waste water, all I know is it is purified and treated.
It would be nice if grey water was used on lawns at people’s homes. I don’t know how expensive it is to rig your house that way.
In the city I just moved from there is an entire infrastructure of reclaimed water done by the city that is used for irrigation of lawns. You tie right in. The reclaimed water is much cheaper, and I think it doesn’t increase your sewer costs. It’s much cheaper to set up than digging a well. We water all year in FL south of the pan handle. ½ an acre of grass and some landscaping is watered for about 3 hours every other day in the summer to give you an idea. Winter time it goes down by a third more or less depending on how north or south you are.
Calling it toilet to tap is a bad idea. We should get rid of that catch phrase. Just like most people don’t think about sweet Besse the cow being sent to slaughter when they buy their sirloin wrapped in plastic at the market; the public can do just fine drinking their water without knowing where the water was before it arrived at their tap. I don’t really mean that. I think the more you know the better, but presenting information as matter of fact rather than in an alarming way I think is always better.