A start to reduce water shortage

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    Australia is a dry continent
    probably the driest on earth.

    It does not make any sense to pump 200 million
    litres of effluent into the sea - EVERY DAY.

    Some of this effluent is treated to pure standard

    Some is not

    https://hotcopper.com.au/data/attachments/1810/1810557-ea153b79bd2d461517613724c6b69674.jpg


    While the vast majority of Sydney's sewage has gone into deep ocean outfall since 1990, the century-old sewerage system of the eastern suburbs is the last in NSW to allow human waste, which includes nappies and wet wipes, to flow directly into the sea.
    A freedom of information request by Fairfax Media has revealed decades of bureaucratic inaction on making progress on a suitable fix against vigorous local opposition – some of which, documents show, is motivated by concern at protecting multi-million-dollar house prices in the area.Advertisement.

    Major cities in each State are on the coast.

    Each one pumps their sewage (the untreated stuff) or purified water into the sea.

    WHAT A WASTE.
 
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