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multigraincracker

(32,690 posts)
Fri Jan 14, 2022, 10:33 AM Jan 2022

Girl friend went UCK when I told her we drink our own pee.

Yep, when we flush, it goes to the septic field. From there it travels 185 feet thru pure sand to our well and is pumped back up to our kitchen sink.

We recycle water, how green is that?

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Girl friend went UCK when I told her we drink our own pee. (Original Post) multigraincracker Jan 2022 OP
This message was self-deleted by its author sl8 Jan 2022 #1
A big truck comes every few years multigraincracker Jan 2022 #3
How NASA Gets Its Astronauts To Drink Their Own Pee Without Gagging Donkees Jan 2022 #2
Many public water sources are from lakes and rivers. multigraincracker Jan 2022 #4
Our septic is well below our well so we do not drink water from the septic. LakeArenal Jan 2022 #5
Ours is like this one at ground level. Our well head is 185 feet deep. multigraincracker Jan 2022 #7
This is why i dont buy Purified water...plus we have our own well. samnsara Jan 2022 #6
Might want to get a fluoride treatment every year you get multigraincracker Jan 2022 #8

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multigraincracker

(32,690 posts)
3. A big truck comes every few years
Fri Jan 14, 2022, 10:56 AM
Jan 2022

and hauls away most of that.

Have had my water tested and it always comes back near perfect.

There is a Mobil Home park next door that has their water tested monthly and the results are published. They also show great water quality.

I'm a certified Ohio Water Tester. Only I live in Michigan now.

Donkees

(31,424 posts)
2. How NASA Gets Its Astronauts To Drink Their Own Pee Without Gagging
Fri Jan 14, 2022, 10:56 AM
Jan 2022
One small drip for man. One giant leak for mankind.


“This whole part is the centrifuge that’ll spin. So the urine will be sprayed out along the back wall as it spins,” she said. “The heavy dense fluid will stick to the wall and the lighter steam as it evaporates out will be sucked through the centre through that mesh onto the next part of the system.”

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/nasa-urine-drinking-machine_n_5931a1f4e4b02478cb9b19ce

multigraincracker

(32,690 posts)
8. Might want to get a fluoride treatment every year you get
Fri Jan 14, 2022, 11:15 AM
Jan 2022

get a cleaning. I do that. Hadn't had a cavity in years. After moving here I did get one, so I do that.

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