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philipwhiuk t1_j2ioj7b wrote

Reply to comment by DetectiveBirbe in Water pipe robots could stop billions of litres leaking by Sariel007

It’s about 24% of the supply. It’s insane

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blackwhattack t1_j2isw30 wrote

It goes into the ground that's where we get it from

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AnimalShithouse t1_j2iugpx wrote

Well if clean water is leaking into the ground the problem is we're spending money to clean that water and effectively lighting that money on fire.

And if it's billions of poopwater litres going into the ground... That is really not so great.

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WeinMe t1_j2jqho9 wrote

I think the transport is the problem.

They lose 3bn litres of water - that's 3 bn litres that shouldn't have a bunch of force applied to it to set in motion.

Another thing is the fluid dynamics. Leaks fuck with the flow and makes it much more demanding to transport the water.

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chronicly_retarded t1_j2j0eqa wrote

Actually it IS great. Poop is a good fertilizer.

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moosemasher t1_j2j1tlx wrote

You don't want to be spreading faeces around though, and even on fields you shouldn't spread too much else it gets into waterways, leading to algal blooms which then kill animal life.

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ChimpBrisket t1_j2j1sq0 wrote

And the fact it tastes great is an added bonus

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chronicly_retarded t1_j2j6jfp wrote

Are you eating unwashed vegetables straight after pulling them from the dirt?

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kotarix t1_j2jfqop wrote

Eww no. Dip it in stagnate pond water first.

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olderthanbefore t1_j2j9ckm wrote

Pathogens too. That's why you must treat the wastewater before releasing it into the environment. You also want to change the N and P in the wastewater into more bio-available forms before using it as fertilizer

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domdomdeoh t1_j2jbc29 wrote

When you account for the amount of stimulants, medication, microplastics, antibiotics and hormone treatment (some fish population are turning female only due to contraceptive agents (from pill) present in urine found in waste water that ends up in waterways, fucking up the ecosystem...

No.

Human waste is definitely not what you want to use to fertilize the ground.

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rdyoung t1_j2iultj wrote

You don't know anything about the water cycle, do you?

For the morons downvoting me. Yes, the idiot I responded to is technically correct but any water dumped into the ground isn't going to be used or accessible as drinking, bath, gardening, etc water for a very very long time. It takes eons for water to settle in the aquifers where we get our water.

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Smartnership t1_j2j0y6u wrote

That’s like a Jetski, right?

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rdyoung t1_j2jy10n wrote

Hrr drr. It's actually what it's called. Do a search for "water cycle".

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Smartnership t1_j2kdd3c wrote

You’re fun.

And your mother dresses you appropriately

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rdyoung t1_j2kfk2n wrote

Was that supposed to be an insult? Sounds more like projection.

By the way, my mother is dead.

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Smartnership t1_j2l8r4y wrote

> It's actually what it's called. Do a search for "water cycle".

I confess, I was a bit nervous

It’s not every day one gets a lesson from the original Captain Obvious.

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Serdna379 t1_j2j3z42 wrote

Where I live, it’s considered that over 20% is too much, under that is ok. And goung under 10% is too costly to search and repair.

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