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Making Drinking Water From Sewage
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Making Drinking Water From Sewage
Season 8 Episode 7 | 11m 50s | CC
Sure, drinking toilet water *sounds* gross, but with the right cleaning methods we can turn the dirtiest water you can think of back into clean, safe, refreshing drinking water. In this video we’ll walk through how humans have cleaned water over centuries, and how we’ve managed to get so good at it that we can turn wastewater into a refreshing drink again!
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