All depends on how it'll be processed but knowing CA though some diversity hire will fuck it up somewhere and give a few counties-worth of people some nice free parasites.
There's a similar system here albeit smaller scale / less intense as ours is pulled from a river that is downstream from some other cities that no doubt dump theirs into it.
Some parts of Southern California already "close the loop" to a certain extent by using treated wastewater for irrigation. They will partially treat wastewater to a degree that it's usable to eg. water landscaping and distribute it using a parallel water pipe system.
I'm like 99% sure this is what they do in most of the world.
All depends on how it'll be processed but knowing CA though some diversity hire will fuck it up somewhere and give a few counties-worth of people some nice free parasites.
There's a similar system here albeit smaller scale / less intense as ours is pulled from a river that is downstream from some other cities that no doubt dump theirs into it.
The standard way is to get fresh water from reservoirs and ultimately dump wastewater into the ocean, whether they treat the wastewater first or not.
I don't think it's common to have the system looped. Nature does that on its own.
Some parts of Southern California already "close the loop" to a certain extent by using treated wastewater for irrigation. They will partially treat wastewater to a degree that it's usable to eg. water landscaping and distribute it using a parallel water pipe system.
Now that a lot of people do . Again whether they treat the water first is the question...
They do treat it. I remember reading that it's drinkable in the sense that it's sterile and won't harm you, but it tastes salty.