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“Sewer Mining” – Efficient Water Recycling Coming to a Community Near You
Posted by Sandra Postel of National Geographic's Freshwater Initiative in Water Currents on January 16, 2012
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It sounds yucky at best, but mining sewage is growing in popularity, especially in Sydney, Australia, where a decade of drought forced some creative thinking about how to get, use and manage water. In 2004, when reservoir levels around Sydney hit record lows during the Big Dry, Sydney Water, the municipal water provider, tightened…
