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Would you drink treated toilet water?

by Kaly Nasiff, Cronkite News
February 15, 2017

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<p class="byline">by Kaly Nasiff, Cronkite News <br />February 15, 2017</p>
<p>The Arizona Department of Environmental Quality is pushing to legalize recycled wastewater. </p>
<p>This means water from toilets could go directly from a sewage treatment plant to a plant where it's treated for drinking.</p>
<p>Would you be willing to drink tap water recycled from the toilet, shower or other previous uses? Tell Cronkite News how you feel about wastewater becoming drinking water by answering the questions below.</p>
<p>We will not publish your response without your permission. A journalist from Cronkite News or the Public Insight Network may contact you for further reporting. </p>
<p><em>(Photo by Eboni Johnson/Cronkite News)</em></p>
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Kaly Nasiff, Cronkite News
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The Arizona Department of Environmental Quality is pushing to legalize recycled wastewater. 

This means water from toilets could go directly from a sewage treatment plant to a plant where it's treated for drinking.

Would you be willing to drink tap water recycled from the toilet, shower or other previous uses? Tell Cronkite News how you feel about wastewater becoming drinking water by answering the questions below.

We will not publish your response without your permission. A journalist from Cronkite News or the Public Insight Network may contact you for further reporting. 

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