Modern treatment plants in Australia have demonstrated their capacity to safely remove most contaminants from recycled water, so it may be time for Australians to reassess the prospect of supplementing drinking water supplies with highly treated wastewater, according to CSIRO researcher Dr Simon Toze.rnDr Toze recently told a WA community water forum that scientists were confident today's water-treatment processes could safely remove microbial pathogens to a level where they present almost zero-risk tornhuman health - and certainly no greater risk than water supplied from current surface or groundwater sources.
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