Fri 16 Nov 2007
San Diego CA - Mayor Jerry Sanders angered environmentalists yesterday by vetoing a pilot program to turn waste water into drinking water (yuck!) for San Diego City residents. The Mayor said HE opposes the program because the costs were too high and would require another water rate hike (San Diego City has already had two rate hikes this year). He also said that San Diegans have shown an unwillingness to embrace a controversial concept that critics dismiss as a “toilet to tap” program… Of Course!!!
According to Water Director Jim Barrett the programs cost would include running about 17 miles of pipe form the North City Water “Sewage” Reclamation Plant to the San Vicente Reservoir and could cost between $10 million to $15 million.
News Flash - Even my dog won’t drink out of the toilet so who the hell would want to?
March 10th, 2008 at 1:07 pm
I agree that toilet to tap isn’t going to fly, but will the city allow for grey water to be used for landscape irrigation? Central Texas doesn’t have the water woes you have yet, but we will over time. We need to do things like reusing grey water and capturing rainfall. Is your area doing any desalination? Perhaps not as getting fresh water from a cold ocean is pretty ineffiencit.
March 10th, 2008 at 9:04 pm
Sam,
I have been meaning to post a follow-up to this article…
Actually, the San Diego Counsel over rode the Mayors Veto of this proposal!?! So the next time you come down here make sure you DON’T drink the water.