El Paso’s dry climate — it rains just 9 inches annually — is one of the reasons the city has taken water management so seriously.
El Paso’s dry climate — it rains just 9 inches annually — is one of the reasons the city has taken water management so seriously.
The only problem with this system is it does not separate all the pharmaceuticals that humans pee out. It’s the same issue every city on the Great Lakes deals with … the need for potable water that is often sourced from where the treated water is sent.
The only way around it is distilling the water through heat, but that comes with its own set of issues.