The West Australian carried an article on Saturday (28/2/09) that outlined plans to add treated sewerage wastewater to Perth’s drinking water supplies. The Water Corporation has released a draft policy, Water Forever: Directions for Our Water Future, which is open for public comment until the 15th May 2009.
Last Wednesday (25th February 2009), Jane Bremmer (Vice Chair of the ACE) delivered a presentation to the Conservation Council of WA's "Environment Matters - Wastewater Recycling - the Future of Water in WA ?" forum. The presentation, called "Muddying the Waters" raised concerns over the use of reclaimed water for drinking water or groundwater recharge, in particular the fate of Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals (EDC) and Pharmaceutical and Personal Care Products (PPCP) that are known to survive even advanced water treatment processes. A copy of the presentation can be found here.
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