Thames Water seeks views on plan to recycle sewage into drinking water
UK’s Thames Water has asked its customers to offer
feedback on its plans to recycle sewage back into drinking water in
order to cope with growing demand.
The company wants to hear people’s views on the proposal as part of its consultation on 2015-to-2020 business plan.
In the document it says: “One possibility (to cope with demand) is wastewater recycling.”
It adds, “This process is already common practice in many parts of the world. It involves putting treated effluent from a sewage works through a further process which would allow the water to be returned to a river at higher than usual quality and pumped out again downstream. It can then be treated to drinking water standards and put back into supply, rather than lost to the sea.”
The company wants to hear people’s views on the proposal as part of its consultation on 2015-to-2020 business plan.
In the document it says: “One possibility (to cope with demand) is wastewater recycling.”
It adds, “This process is already common practice in many parts of the world. It involves putting treated effluent from a sewage works through a further process which would allow the water to be returned to a river at higher than usual quality and pumped out again downstream. It can then be treated to drinking water standards and put back into supply, rather than lost to the sea.”
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