Recycled water - a balanced debate?

So Toowoomba is to be the first city in Australia to have chewy water! Unless Goulburn beats them to it.

With the current drought around Toowoomba and water restrictions now up to level 4, it's no wonder the Toowoomba City Council has been scratching its head and wondering how to ensure that the city's residents aren't sucking on empty pipes in two years time.

But is the use of recycled water for the city's residents the answer? The Mayor, Di Thorley seems to think so. Should Toowoomba residents be the laboratory rats for the rest of the country? Maybe if there are side effects, they'll close off the city and put it all down to a bad experiment!

The purpose of the 4350water blog is to present some of the information currently circulating about Toowoomba's proposed use of recycled water for indirect potable use (i.e. for drinking). 4350water blog won't say that drinking recycled water will make you grow two heads but it also won't say that it's perfectly safe (unless irrefutable long-term studies are found which show this). There will also be some humour - hope that you return to read the updates.

As they say, on with the show ...