Thread: Treated sewage on ovals

With the local sewerage treatment plant, the treated water is sold to the nearby farmers.
Friends had a nearby property and, during the drought, tried to get some of that water. They couldn't because it is in such high demand for crops.
They probably think they can charge more if they feed it to people.

And these are the council merchant bankers who carry on ad nauseum about the occasional dog dropping on their ovals! You would need all the dogs in the community to create what you have described.

Don't let your kids near the fields Andy.

Bob

I don't see what the big deal is in this country with everyone being paranoid about recycled water being added to the drinking water. Has anyone here ever visited a major city in Europe? Most cities over there are the same, but let's take London as an example. Who here has been to London and drunk the water out of the tap?

If you have then you've drunk recycled water. The water that comes out the tap comes from the Thames - that makes the Yarra look like spring water, it is treated, then used by everyone. The sewage is treated by RO and pumped back into the Thames where it all starts again.

The water that from the RO plants I've worked on produce AAA quality water and have more safety systems in them to prevent contamination than you can imagine. The water is clean and safe to drink - simple. You drink the water out your Tap now that fish crap in...

We are the driest continent on earth and we have limited and dwindling fresh water supplies. I think it makes much more sense than building desal plants - the recycled water is much cheaper to turn into fresh water than sea water is.

I don't see what all the fuss is about...

Recycled water has been used on the Batemans Bay and Moruya golf courses for over a decade and on the Tuross Head Golf course for a few years.

I have never heard of a problem or of complaints.

I am fairly sure it is also used on Moruya sporting fields including the High School oval.

If it is done properly, it is quite safe.

Originally Posted by vnx205

Recycled water has been used on the Batemans Bay and Moruya golf courses for over a decade and on the Tuross Head Golf course for a few years.

I have never heard of a problem or of complaints.

I am fairly sure it is also used on Moruya sporting fields including the High School oval.

If it is done properly, it is quite safe.

Correct, but that doesn't sound like what they are doing over Andys way unfortunately.

Originally Posted by vnx205

Recycled water has been used on the Batemans Bay and Moruya golf courses for over a decade and on the Tuross Head Golf course for a few years.

I have never heard of a problem or of complaints.

I am fairly sure it is also used on Moruya sporting fields including the High School oval.

If it is done properly, it is quite safe.

Absolutely, but Andy's example does not sound like it is being done properly. (Beat me to it)

Bob

Originally Posted by bacicat

I don't see what the big deal is in this country with everyone being paranoid about recycled water being added to the drinking water. Has anyone here ever visited a major city in Europe? Most cities over there are the same, but let's take London as an example. Who here has been to London and drunk the water out of the tap?

If you have then you've drunk recycled water. The water that comes out the tap comes from the Thames - that makes the Yarra look like spring water, it is treated, then used by everyone. The sewage is treated by RO and pumped back into the Thames where it all starts again.

The water that from the RO plants I've worked on produce AAA quality water and have more safety systems in them to prevent contamination than you can imagine. The water is clean and safe to drink - simple. You drink the water out your Tap now that fish crap in...

We are the driest continent on earth and we have limited and dwindling fresh water supplies. I think it makes much more sense than building desal plants - the recycled water is much cheaper to turn into fresh water than sea water is.

I don't see what all the fuss is about...

I don't have a problem with flushing my loo or watering the garden with recycled water. We have large water reserves in Victoria. If we hooked houses up to the current water supply and the loos and garden up to a recycled water reticulation system (many new houses already are connected to a rainwater system) (some new estates have a potable water reticulation system for the garden), we would not have to drink recycled or desalinated water.

Originally Posted by vnx205

Recycled water has been used on the Batemans Bay and Moruya golf courses for over a decade and on the Tuross Head Golf course for a few years.

I have never heard of a problem or of complaints.

I am fairly sure it is also used on Moruya sporting fields including the High School oval.

If it is done properly, it is quite safe.

They've used it on the golf course at SEPP since the golf course was built back in the mid seventies. They built the golf course to help get rid of the water before the outfall was constructed at Cape Schanck.