{"id":7670,"date":"2013-09-09T01:00:04","date_gmt":"2013-09-09T09:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blitransfer.wpengine.com\/?p=7670"},"modified":"2017-06-21T14:17:28","modified_gmt":"2017-06-21T19:17:28","slug":"why-waste-water","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/2013\/09\/09\/why-waste-water\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Waste Water"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Why waste water?\u00a0 In many countries, including the United States, water is treated to be clean enough to drink no matter what use it will be put to.\u00a0 We&#8217;ve talked a bit on Blue Living Ideas about various ways water can be reused and recycled before being sent back into the environment.\u00a0 <a title=\"Toilet to Tap \u2013 How Gross is That?\" href=\"http:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/2012\/11\/15\/toilet-to-tap-how-gross-is-that\/\">Toilet to tap<\/a> has been tried in a few cities with success.\u00a0 Using greywater for gardens or large-scale agriculture is another method of reusing water.<\/p>\n<p>Waste water only needs to be clean enough for the purpose it will be put to.\u00a0 Waste water used to cool power plants needs to be free of particulate matter, but not necessarily bacteria.\u00a0 Waste water used to irrigate crops needs to free of bacteria that could sicken people and animals, but not necessarily be clean enough to drink.<\/p>\n<p>The infographic below illustrates ways in which we as a society can conserve water and shows specific examples of successful water reuse and recycling efforts.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bluelivingidea.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Why-Waste-Water-Infographic.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"2883\" data-attachment-id=\"7671\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/2013\/09\/09\/why-waste-water\/why-waste-water-infographic\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Why-Waste-Water-Infographic.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"600,2883\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Why Waste Water Infographic\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Why Waste Water&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Why-Waste-Water-Infographic-62x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Why-Waste-Water-Infographic-213x1024.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7671\" alt=\"Why Waste Water\" src=\"http:\/\/bluelivingidea.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Why-Waste-Water-Infographic.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Why-Waste-Water-Infographic.jpg 600w, https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Why-Waste-Water-Infographic-213x1024.jpg 213w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Infographic by <a title=\"Why Waste Water\" href=\"http:\/\/visual.ly\/why-waste-water\" target=\"_blank\">worldbank<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why waste water?\u00a0 In many countries, including the United States, water is treated to be clean enough to drink no matter what use it will be put to.\u00a0 We&#8217;ve talked a bit on Blue Living Ideas about various ways water can be reused and recycled before being sent back into the environment.\u00a0 Toilet to tap 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