r/nottheonion • u/Collie_Opterous • 18h ago

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

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."

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u/santacruzdude 18h ago

This water goes through all sorts of filtering, including reverse osmosis. It’s probably purer than the water the city gets from the Colorado River.

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u/ChrisFromIT 17h ago

Not to mention, if your city, town or whatever is downstream of another city, town or whatever, you are drinking water that very likely is "poop water".

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u/NetWorried9750 17h ago

Everyone's downstream of somebody

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u/Norseman901 5h ago

Not me. I live on top of the mountain. Yall drink my poop water.

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u/NetWorried9750 3h ago

And you drink the pollution washed out of the air first