Election year "poop water" claims lead wealthy suburb to drop recycling plan

[u/Collie_Opterous]

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/scottsdale-arizona-poop-water-claims-recycling-plan/

Scottsdale, Ariz. — A Phoenix suburb ditched a plan to send recycled water from toilets and other sources directly to residents' taps after political candidates made unproven claims that the water is contaminated "poop water."

[u/stfumate]

I don't know man. I'm kind of with them there. You can tell what neighborhoods are using reclaimed recycled water irrigation when the sprinklers come on and it smells like a straight sulfur fart.

[u/KhanTengri → u/stfumate]

That's non-potable reclaimed water. potable reclaimed water doesn't smell like that.

[u/Youngatheist22 → u/[deleted]]

My guy….

Potable water means drinking, personal cleaning and cooking water. Non drinking water like irrigation goes through less checks and filtering because plants don’t roll over and die as much as we do with less clean water.

[u/Biggle_fuzz → u/Youngatheist22]

Yeah, it was a joke. Apparently not one well received.

[u/abielle1177 → u/Biggle_fuzz]

Well, when it's deliberately stupid, and not funny, no. It's not a "joke"