At first read, a water recycling plan coming out of California sounds tough to swallow.
That’s because the Groundwater Replenishment System in Orange County intends to mass-produce drinking water from purified sewage to combat shortages in dry regions, according to The Guardian. It builds on similar work already being done that churns out clean water by the millions of gallons.
And if given a cup, you likely wouldn’t notice the difference between it and tap water, according to a firsthand account. The newspaper’s Katharine Gammon toured the facility and tried it. The cup she held had written on it, “Tastes like water … because it is water.”…