Most people accept use of reclaimed water to irrigate forage crops, create wildlife habitat and for industrial processes, but - points out Bob Bastian in the EPA Office of Water - reuse options involving more "intimate human contact," such as irrigating golf courses, producing food crops, and increasing potable water supplies, face many restrictions and much resistance. Writing in Water Environment & Technology, Bastian notes studies have evaluated crops grown with reclaimed water, compared chemical and microbial data on reclaimed water and local water supplies, and performed epidemiological studies on populations consuming reclaimed water. …
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